Ever since the Iranian hostage crises in 1979, America aggressively pursued a policy of containment and worked actively to isolate Iran from the rest of the world. This policy took on a newfound turn in 2002, when George Bush Jr declared Iran as the axis of evil and in 2003 America along with her European allies collaborated to rollback Iran’s nuclear programme.

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Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump issued a campaign statement following the San Bernardino shootings calling for "a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on" (BBC News).

Turkey and Saudi Arabia agreed on establishing a strategic cooperation council on high level. Erdogan and the Saudi King noted that both countries' views on regional issues were nearly identical and that there will be no tangible solution in Syria unless Assad leaves.