Syrian conflict said to fuel sectarian tensions in Persian Gulf

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Syrian conflict said to fuel sectarian tensions in Persian Gulf

Months of bitter sectarian fighting in Syria is deepening the divide between the branches of Islam in Persian Gulf states far from the battlefield, as Sunnis and Shiites wage dueling campaigns to drum up cash and supplies for Syria’s partisans, Western officials and independent experts say.

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