Saudi Arabia said it will not allow the use of its airspace for any military attack against Iran. This geopolitical move has surprised many, since Saudi Arabia has historically been an ally of the United States and a major oil partner as well.
While both Iran and Saudi Arabia are Islamic nations, each represents the cradle of a different branch of Islam. Saudi Arabia is the cradle of the Sunni current, including Wahhabism and Salafism, two strands of Islamic fundamentalism, while Iran is the cradle of the Shiite branch, which also, of course, has its own forms of extremism.
This raises the question of whether the decision is truly oriented toward peace, or whether there are strategic interests behind it.
