Russia and Arabs agree on US, spar over Iran

[SAT]

On April 16, Moscow hosted the fifth ministerial session of the Russian-Arab Cooperation Forum, which was attended by an unprecedented number of top Arab diplomats. Organized by the Russian Foreign Ministry and the Arab League, the meeting testified to a self-evident fact: Relations between Russia and the Arab world seem cordial, at least when it comes to their disagreement over the US vision of a world order. This happy idyll, however, is illusory, as the relationships are riddled with differences, many of which are rooted in the discord within the Arab camp itself.

https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/ori...al-moscow.html

[Andy]

Sounds like iron mixed with clay.
Uneasy alliance between power nations and not so powerful and with very different ideologies