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Riyadh betting on Iran war escalation in trade off of short-term damage for long-term regional dominance

Summary by intellinews.com
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) is taking a big gamble. He is pressing Washington for a more aggressive stance in its Iran campaign betting the short term damage cost is the price of leaving the Kingdom as the dominant regional power.

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Several American newspapers have claimed since the beginning of the war that the Saudis would be ardent supporters of the war against Iran, despite the denials of Riyadh. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman would fear above all an unfinished war that would leave petromonarchies alone in the face of an increasingly threatening Iranian regime.

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intellinews.com broke the news in Berlin, Germany on Wednesday, March 25, 2026.
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