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Arabs seek new partnership with next US president

A new poll shows widespread distrust but reliance on the United States.

Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Hillary Clinton finish their third and final 2016 presidential campaign debate at UNLV in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., October 19, 2016.      REUTERS/Mike Blake       TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY      - RTX2PMHB
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton finish their third and final 2016 presidential campaign debate at UNLV in Las Vegas, Nevada, Oct. 19, 2016. — REUTERS/Mike Blake

Arabs distrust US interventionism in the Middle East but want to see the next president play an active role in helping solve the region’s problems.

Those are the ambivalent results of a telephone survey of 3,200 people in eight countries released Nov. 1 by Arab Center Washington DC. The Tunisia-based public surveying company One-2-One conducted the poll Oct. 21-31.

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