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Saudia Arabia has launched military attacks on Yemen in order to "restore the Yemeni government" after the Houthi Rebellion. The main reasons for this is that Saudi Arabia sees the "Houthis as nothing more than a proxy Iranian force."

Across the region, protesters took to the streets in fury threatening to re-ignite worsening sectarian tensions in Lebanon, Iraq and Bahrain. This video talks about the Middle Eastern crisis between Saudi Arabia and Iran.

The Middle East Institute is proud to host digital media experts Adel Iskandar and Courtney Radsch for a discussion on the nature of the cyberactivism that is fueling the uprisings spreading throughout the Middle East. Iskandar will examine the battle in Egypt between the government and the protesters to control online discourse, analyzing the obstacles and the successes.

The article cites leaked documents provided by whistle-blower Edward Snowden that reveal US initiatives that launched cyber warfare on Iran. The document gives analysis of Iran's quickness to learn from US cyber attacks evidenced by the attacks by Iran on Saudia Arabia.

For years, Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz was described as Saudi Arabia's king-in-waiting. A hard-working traditionalist, the 79-year-old embodies the pragmatism that has allowed the al-Saud's influence to endure, keeping close contacts with both