Mostafa al-Ani, head of the security and defense research at the Persian Gulf Research Center, told The New York Times the Saudis view the situation in Syria as an opportunity, adding they believe the Lebanese Hezbollah have lost their credibility to a great extent. This group has turned into a tool of the Iranian regime which can be sent all over the globe, he added.
The New York Times added Saudi Arabia’s financial support to the Lebanese Army was a message to the US to alter the military balance because Hezbollah’s presence inside Syria’s civil war has clearly sounded a warning bell for Saudi Arabia.
Yazid Sejiq, an expert in Arab military affairs in the Carnegie Institute in Beirut said the Saudis have announced a type of ‘tactical divorce’ from the Obama administration after losing hopes in US in action on Syria and its attempts of reconciliation with Iran. They are very angry, he added