The article discusses on the proxy wars between Saudi Arabia and Iran. It states that Saudi Arabia supported Iraq during Iran-Iraq war. It mentions that the recent move of formation of the Gulf Cooperation Council, a regional league of Arab monarchies, was intended to contain Iran. Post Saddam's fall Saudi Arabia funded Sunni insurgent groups, while Iran supported both the Shi'a government of President Nuri al- Maliki and more radical Shi'a actors.