By Hollie McKay | May 3, 2021 | 6:02pm EDT
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. (Photo by Fayez Nureldine/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) – In a dramatic twist in diplomacy, Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman has announced that Riyadh is seeking a “good and special relationship” with the kingdom’s longtime nemesis, Iran. Privately, the two adversaries are reported to be in behind-closed-door talks, a noted departure from the prince’s stance in an interview four years ago, when he asked, “How do you have a dialogue with a regime built on an extremist ideology?”
The Sunni and Shi’a countries have long been at odds, both seeking to leaders in the Islamic world. But after Iranians attacked the Saudi Embassy in Tehran in 2016, tensions rose to new heights, with proxy conflicts and tit-for-tat infrastructure attacks putting not just the region but also much of the world on edge.
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Iranian ships conducted “unsafe maneuvers” and ignored U.S. military warnings for three hours during a dangerous encounter in the Persian Gulf earlier this month, Pentagon officials said.
An Iranian warship and three smaller fast-attack craft cut in front of Coast Guard vessels on April 2, risking a collision and putting the crews of both vessels in jeopardy. Officials with the Navy’s Fifth Fleet told The Associated Press in a statement that the Iranian ships acknowledged U.S. communications but refused to heed repeated warnings.
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