How two Middle East powerhouses fell out, then made up
CNN
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in the UAE on Monday, capping off reconciliation efforts that are set to end almost a decade of animosity between Ankara and Abu Dhabi. Here's how the two fell out and reconciled.
Longtime foes Iran and Saudi Arabia are talking, the UAE is trying to mend ties with Iran, and Qatar was welcomed back into the Gulf Cooperation Council after an unprecedented rupture in relations. A thaw in Turkish-Egyptian relations is also on the horizon and Turkish-Israeli reconciliation is in the works.
But perhaps the most stunning rapprochement has been between the UAE and Turkey -- few saw that one coming. The two were pitted against each other in almost every regional conflict for the better part of the past decade and found themselves on opposite ends of the ideological spectrum.