The Saudi-Iranian rivalry also underlays the strong exchange of barbs that took place during Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi’s April 2015 visit to Washington. Asserting that the Saudi intervention in Yemen had “gone too far,” al-Abadi’s remarks clearly indicated Iraq’s concern that the Saudis would follow up “Operation Decisive Storm” in Yemen - recalling the name of the 1991 war against Iraq.
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