Tehran and Riyadh are engaged in a naked struggle for power in the region — individual rights and good governance be damned.

Source: foreignpolicy.com

"Unless Saudi Arabia and its allies can learn a new, more durable style of power projection, their costly feints will only buy short-term gains. The kingdom might manage to bomb the Houthis back to their corner of Yemen, and its Syrian clients may seize some more towns and cities from Assad, but the long-term trend points in Iran’s favor."

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