With Iran accused of backing the Houthi rebels, and Saudi Arabia supporting the Yemen government, the battle for influence in the Middle East continues between the two countries, hence Saudi Arabia’s dislike of the Iran nuclear deal. Western media reporting concentrated on the Israeli reaction to the deal, but the Arab media across the entire region was wholly against it, with some newspapers comparing it to the Munich Agreement of 1938. One leading Saudi columnist called for the kingdom to begin building a bomb to be ready for when Iran does the same.
