Saudi Arabia in Bahrain

"Most Saudi troops left the country in June last year, but the kingdom has maintained a close watch on Bahrain ever since. "Bahrain is run basically by decisions from Saudi Arabia, and everybody knows that," says Ghulam.  Despite the BICI's findings to the contrary, the royal families of Bahrain and Saudi Arabia maintain that the Shiite rulers of Iran are orchestrating the protests in Bahrain. This perceived threat, and the fear that revolutionary foment will spread across the border, is said to be motivating recent moves towards a union of oil-exporting Gulf Arab monarchies, led by Saudi Arabia."