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earlier, i spoke to dr annelle sheline, senior research fellow for the middle east programme at the sinkast programme at the think tank the quincy institute. i asked her how damaging this extraordinary family feud is. this is really unprecedented and part of why we saw other arab monarchies around the region, as well as the us, very quickly expressing support, which is interesting because previously, especially under president trump, jordan had been somewhat sidelined especially as the uae signed the abraham accords, and especially president trump's efforts to shut down the two state solution. king abdullah was somewhat frustrated and there was also the potential effort by the saudis to possibly take over control of the holy sites injerusalem. there've been of ongoing tension injordan feeling somewhat dissatisfied by the way it was treated by the us and its neighbours, so it is interesting now to see the extent to which support is coming in from all its neighbours and the us because the local monarchs know that if something were to happen to king abdullah, that could potentially be simil