🇦🇪🇸🇦🇮🇷🇺🇸⚡️ — The UAE has quit OPEC and is drifting further apart from Saudi Arabia, exposing a deepening rift between the two key U.S. allies as the Iran war reshapes regional dynamics, Axios reports.

➡️ The split reflects growing disagreements over the regional conflict, economic strategy, and leadership rivalries.

➡️ The fallout is also affecting major investments and alliances. Multibillion-dollar projects—such as data centers—are now in doubt after Iranian strikes highlighted security risks.

➡️ The UAE is strengthening ties with Israel under the Abraham Accords, while Saudi Arabia is leaning more toward partners like Turkey and Pakistan.

➡️ The Trump administration has avoided taking sides, raising concerns among officials that Washington’s two most important Arab partners could emerge from the war more divided and adversarial than before.

The Trump administration was slow to grasp how serious the rift between the UAE and Saudi Arabia had become — and chose not to get involved as it deepened, U.S. and regional sources told Axios.