We Saudis don't have to like our neighbours – just live with them

I remember the moment I felt it: “There is a tragedy looming on the horizon.” Two regional giants like Israel and Iran poised for confrontation is not good for the neighbouring countries. We've already had Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Lebanon and Libya. I wasn’t optimistic. Then came the warnings.

- Mohammed Alrushoodi is the acting editor-in-chief of Al-Hikmah Journal

Two or three days before the first attack, the US government began telling its personnel in Bahrain, Kuwait and Iraq to evacuate. I thought: “Something’s going to happen.” But still, I never imagined a direct Israeli assault on Iranian soil.