Fellow Sunni powers Egypt, Turkey disagree on greater threat: Shia Iran or political Islam

In its regional confrontation with Tehran, Saudi Arabia counts on�the two fellow Sunni powers with the same heft as Shia Iran�Egypt and Turkey.

In that strategic triangle, Turkey has indeed emerged as Saudi Arabia�s main ally in the Syrian conflict. Riyadh and Ankara both support Sunni Islamist rebels fighting against the Syria government, and have intensified their cooperation in recent months.

Egypt, meanwhile, has played a major role in Saudi efforts to offset Iranian influence in Yemen, joining the Saudi-led military coalition and dispatching its navy to help blockade the Yemeni ports controlled by Houthis.
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This article was written by Yaroslav Trofimov for The Wall Street Journal on June 30, 2016. Yaroslav Trofimov writes a weekly column, Middle East Crossroads, about the region stretching from West Africa to Pakistan.