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Analysis-Saudi Arabia bets on defensive alliances to deter slide into war

By Timour Azhari RIYADH, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Increasingly dragged into a war it did not choose, Saudi Arabia is building regional defensive alliances that it hopes will keep its enemies at bay and help it respond more robustly to attacks by Iran and its network of regional allies. But nascent attempts to construct a multinational maritime coalition in the Red Sea, and the decision to bring Turkey…

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