Last month, Saudi Arabia made a move to normalize one of the Middle East's key diplomatic relationships when it announced that the Saudi ambassador to Jordan would also serve as ambassador to Iraq.
Riyadh cut diplomatic ties with Baghdad after Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1990. Two decades later, tensions remain, compounded by Saudi suspicion of the Shiite government in Iraq.
But now the two key U.S. allies are making headlines for the steps they are taking to improve bilateral relations.