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"the Kingdom supplies about 20 percent of China's oil imports"

"the month after The Guardian article was published, Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz led a Saudi delegation on a trip to Pakistan"

"the U.S. has provided Pakistan with billions of dollars to fight terrorism since 9/11"

"Saudi Arabia gave Saddam at least $5 billion from 1985 through the Gulf War"

"Riyadh unsuccessfully attempted to persuade Pakistan to force the Taliban to hand over bin Laden"

"Zachary Keck is associate editor of The Diplomat"

"The French-German alliance, the motor of integration, is frayed to the point of near rupture"

"Russia, under Vladimir Putin, is a spoiling power"