Rubio Says Sudan War Became Proxy Battle, Flags UAE-Saudi Rift
🕊️ SUDAN — Rubio names the UAE-Saudi rift publicly, at the worst possible moment. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Rubio outing UAE-Saudi divergence on Sudan exposes the fault line also running through Gulf responses to Iran. Both have held together on Hormuz — but competing Sudan stakes signal limits. For Tehran, public US acknowledgment of Gulf disunity is leverage. For Rubio, two Gulf crises simultaneously drain the bandwidth his Iran track urgently needs.
