Shared concerns over Iran's growing influence in the region -- along with its nuclear energy program -- provide important common ground between Riyadh and Ankara, says international relations professor Soli Ozel of Istanbul's Kadir Has University, especially as American attention is expected to pivot away from the Middle East and toward China.
Umwarimu w’umubano mpuzamahanga, Soli Ozel wo muri kaminuza ya Kadir Has ya kaminuza ya Istanbul, avuga ko impungenge z’uko Irani igenda yiyongera muri kariya karere - hamwe na gahunda yayo y’ingufu za kirimbuzi - bitanga icyerekezo rusange hagati ya Riyadh na Ankara. Uburasirazuba bwo hagati no mu Bushinwa.