The Saudi perspective of the Iran war

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:42:36 +0000

As the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran spills over into neighbouring Gulf states, CBC News chief correspondent Adrienne Arsenault asks political analyst Salman Al-Ansari about what it would take to pull Saudi Arabia into the conflict.

00:00 What would pull Saudi into this war?
01:28 Mutual defence agreement with Pakistan
02:48 If dialogue isn’t possible, then what?
05:10 The U.S. decision to attack Iran now
07:42 How war is impacting the region
09:08 Where are the Houthis?

#news #middleeast #saudiarabia

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