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Intensive Egyptian contacts with Gulf states precede a dangerous turn in Iran crisis

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Egypt's foreign minister Badr Abdelatty held a series of phone calls with his counterparts in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Iraq, Oman, Jordan and Kuwait to discuss containing the escalation.

Egypt is a major Arab state that has long played a diplomatic role in Middle East crises, while tensions between Iran and Gulf Arab states have repeatedly raised concerns about a wider regional conflict.

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