Arab Cold War

The Arab Cold War (Arabic: الحرب العربية الباردة ‎ al-Harb al-`Arabiyah al-bārdah) were series of conflicts in the Arab world between the new founded republics led by Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt backed by the Soviet Union and Arab nationalists, Arab socialists and Pan-Arabists against the traditional monarchists/kingdoms, which were supported by the United States and led by Faisal of Saudi Arabia. Early conflict happened after the 1952 Egyptian Revolution and the rise to power of Nasser, it lasted until the 1970s when he died.

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 Cold War
 Arab Spring
 Arab Revolt
 Arab Winter
 Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict

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