Saudi Arabia has spent five months trying not to get dragged into a regional conflict, keeping open channels of communication with Tehran even as Iranian drones targeted its oil industry.
Now it appears hemmed in, facing enemies in three directions: Iran as well as its proxies in Iraq and Yemen.
In the last week, the kingdom has faced missile attacks from the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen, drone attacks from pro-Iranian militias in Iraq and renewed threats from Tehran.
Uh… explain?
If you don’t know, sunnis consider shias to be heretic and both saudi and iran use the religion as a way to increase influence since they are the main centers of their branch. For example in the yemeni civil war, the houthis are shias and the official government is sunni. Guess which country is supporting which faction? Iran supports houthis, and Saudi supports the government.
The same can be said from the Suria’s civil war and from iraq’s current state.
Regarding hezbollah, a quick search https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/iranian-and-hezbollah-threats-saudi-arabia-past-precedents