Saudi-Israeli axis losing influence and power, says expert

Mike Harris, editor of Veterans Today in Ashland, Oregon, has said that the Saudi-Israeli axis is losing influence and power. Iran is gaining influence and power, and the US is one the verge of eliminating the sanctions against the Iranian nuclear program.

Press TV has conducted an interview with Mike Harris to discuss Saudi Arabia’s new airstrikes against Yemen.

 Harris said, “I think it is another human rights violation by the Saudi regime, and I think this is caused by a multitude of factors that are changing in the world today. Among them, the Saudi-Israeli axis is losing influence and power. Iran is gaining influence and power, and the US is one the verge of eliminating the sanctions against the Iranian nuclear program. That coupled with the fact that Saudi Arabia, due to the low oil prices for the first time in decades, is having to borrow money, having to go out to the open markets to run their budget. So there is a number of things that are happening out there that are causing this, but nothing would help Saudi Arabia more than to have a protracted and expanded war in the area in order to pump up oil prices so that they could stabilize their economy again. Iran is gaining credibility. They are gaining influence everywhere in the world right now. They are on the verge of breaking out of this containment that has been against them since the Islamic Revolution really. And so where it is going to end up, Iran comes across, seeming like the reasonable party here, whereas the Saudi-Israeli axis seems to be coming off as clearly the aggressors.”