Subscribe! http://bitly.com/1iLOHml Saudi Arabia and Iran are engaged in a "proxy war" in Yemen, with both sides recruiting allies to gain influence in the region. So, why do Saudi Arabia...
========== Saudi Arabia and Iran have, what can lightly
be described as, a “tense relationship”. The two majority Islamic countries are geographically
separated by only a few miles of Persian Gulf. But ideologically, politically, and culturally,
the gap is much wider. Currently, the two are engaged in a “proxy war” in Yemen,
with both sides recruiting allies in order to influence middle eastern affairs. So, why
do Saudi Arabia and Iran hate each other?* Well, back in 1929 the future looked bright
for the two nations. They’d signed the “Saudi-Iranian Friendship Treaty” and diplomatic relations
were on the rise. However, sometime in the 60s, the conservative nature of Saudi Arabia
ruffled feathers in the modernizing Iran. Anecdotally, Iran’s king or Shah was...