Alleged Iranian plot to kill Saudi envoy could renew regional tensions

BEIRUT — The sudden escalation of tensions between the United States and Iran threatens to reignite old feuds and exacerbate new ones across a region already dangerously destabilized by the tumult of the Arab Spring.

From Tunisia to Egypt, Yemen, Libya, Bahrain and Syria, the popular revolts underway since January have drawn new battle lines in a part of the world long associated with confrontation, pitting the ruled against their rulers and raising hopes that the struggle for greater freedoms by ordinary people will give birth to a new, improved Middle East.

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Zachary A. Goldfarb 13 Oct, 2011

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