As you look at problems in the Middle East, it’s easier to understand if you look for the Saudi Arabia “fingerprints”. And they are our “ally”.
The Gulf is abuzz with talk of Sheikh Abdullah Bin Ali Al Thani, the mysterious Qatari royal who came out of nowhere and is suddenly being groomed as an emir-in-waiting, ready to fly back home and assume the throne when the present ruler, Tamim Bin Hamad, is overthrown. Read about it here.