US efforts could only paper over the Gulf rift
Washington is stepping up plans to mediate the nine-month standoff between Doha and its neighbours
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- Weakening GCC legitimacy
- Challenging US policy
- Trump's changing position
- Direct US mediation
- Riyadh's weakening hand
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