The Saudis made a number of moves to counter the Iran-Hezbollah axis. A flurry of reports in the Saudi-backed London-based daily Asharq al-Awsat described the actions.

Iranian interference has become “dangerous,” creating the need to “take urgent action to stop the expansion of Iranian terrorism,” said the sources.

Separately, the Saudi Council of Ministers approved a draft for military cooperation between their country and Djibouti, which lies across from Yemen, separated by the Mandeb Strait between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.

Saudi Arabia is currently involved in a war in Yemen against the Iranian-backed Houthis.

Djibouti’s ambassador in Riyadh, Ziauddin Bamakhrama, said he is looking forward to signing an agreement that would establish a Saudi military base in Djibouti.

He told Asharq al-Awsat that military, economic and political relations with Saudi Arab were improving, adding that his country is guarding against Iranian attempts to expand its influence by arming the Houthis in Yemen.

Source:  Turkish Weekly, 12 March 2016