Egypt-Saudi relations spiraling out of control

The reflowering of the Egyptian-Iranian relations blossomed in direct proportion to the souring of Egyptian-Saudi relations, particularly during 2016, writes Gregory Copley for Yahoo Finance. Egypt resisted attempts by Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohamed Bin Salman to commit militarily to the Saudi-led Coalition fighting in Yemen, a conflict which the Egyptian Government felt was ill-advised, he says. Hope for an improvement in Saudi-Egyptian relations vanished after the Tiran and Sanafir court ruling. Egypt and Iran also have a common position, for different reasons, at odds with Saudi Arabia on overthrowing the Syrian state.