This map shows the brewing proxy war between Iran and Saudi Arabia

[applegrove]

This map shows the brewing proxy war between Iran and Saudi Arabia

by Jeremy Bender at Business Insider

http://www.businessinsider.com/map-of-saudi-and-iran-proxy-war-2016-1

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Throughout the wider Middle East, numerous countries are being wracked by unrest and civil conflict. And, in a majority of the conflicts, the ongoing crises can be seen as an expansion of a proxy war between two of the region's main powers.

On the one hand, Shiite Iran has been expanding its influence in Iraq and Yemen while trying to keep its influence in Syria intact through the support of the Syrian government. On the other hand, Saudi Arabia has responded in kind by backing Sunni forces throughout the region.

The following map by Emmanuel Pene, from The Maghreb and Orient Courier, beautifully highlights the battle lines in the Middle East between the two powers, where they are currently clashing, and their respective zones of influence.


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[applegrove]

1. Proxy wars should be illegal.

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. Rec and kick..that's a good map.

Will study it more closely in the am.

[safeinOhio]

3. I don't think there are any simple solutions to

very complex problems.

What the hell does "bomb the hell out of them" mean anyway?