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Raving in Riyadh – The New Saudi Arabia with Sami Hamdi

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Saudi Arabia and Iran Are at Odds With Each Other

The reason that Saudi Arabia and Iran are at odds with each other is because when anybody in Riyadh sits and opens up a map of the geopolitics of the region, he sees to his north there is the Hashe de Shabbi. To your south, you have the Houthis who are firing missiles at you, including at your oil facilities. Bashar al-Assad, Iran's ally, is going to be normalized and rehabilitated back into the Arab League despite the destruction and mass killings that he's done in Syria. And then begs the question why on earth would Saudi Arabia agree to such a truce that entrenches powers that are clearly inclined towards targeting Saudi Arabia.

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