December 25, 2015
Saudi Arabia has finally reopened its embassy in Baghdad after 25 years. It closed the embassy in 1990 after Saddam Hussein gobbled up Kuwait. It declined to re-open it after Saddam’s fall when Shiites took control of the government. The United States has been pressing the Saudis for more than a decade to re-open the embassy saying they can’t expect to have any influence in Baghdad if they don’t have diplomats there.