العلاقات العراقية السعودية : التحديات و الفرص بعد 2003

Abstract EN

2003.

When the war began on March 20, 2003, the Saudi position began to be mixed.

The Saudi government was not the source of the confrontation of the new political situation in Iraq, nor the men of Iraq.

The kingdom was not the source of the confrontation of the United States.

Since the events of 11 September 2001.

On the other hand, the Kingdom cannot overlook what is happening in Iraq, the latter still occupies the strategic importance of it, and there is no dispute among analysts that the war on Iraq and occupation had serious consequences for the overall situation in the Arab region in general and the Gulf in particular, it is The destruction of Iraq and its exit from this equation, the destruction of an Arab country in the size of Iraq and occupation affected the balance of strategic forces in the region in favor of other regional powers, particularly neighboring countries, On the other hand, the general chaos caused by this war and the ethnic and sectarian conflicts that have caused it negatively affected the rest of the region.

The occupied Iraq has become the base of many extremist and terrorist groups in the region.

Which began with the first bombings in Riyadh in May 2003 and continued thereafter, and Kuwait and Qatar witnessed violent incidents during the next few years of the war.

All of which illustrated the extent of the relationship between the deteriorating security situation in Iraq and the deteriorating security situation suffered by these countries following the war.

Therefore, the study will address Iraqi-Saudi relations challenges and opportunities