In contrast, the Egyptian-Syrian United Arab Republic of the 1960s was formed to attack Israel.

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In 1961, Syria seceded from the United Arab Republic and formed the independent Syrian Arab Republic.

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Syria went so far as to join itself to Egypt in the short-lived United Arab Republic.

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The Syrian leader is likely to have infuriated Iran recently by quietly declaring his support for the United Arab Emirates in its long-running territorial dispute with the Islamic Republic over three islands in the Gulf.

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Officials in the oil-rich Arab states of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates view the Muslim Brotherhood as a threat to their rule second only to the Shiite-led Islamic Republic of Iran because of the group's criticism of their traditional authoritarian rule.

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