Bitter Rivals: Iran and Saudi Arabia

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Bitter Rivals illuminates the essential history - and profound ripple effect - of Iran and Saudi Arabia's power struggle. It draws on scores of interviews with political, religious and military leaders, militia commanders, diplomats, and policy experts, painting American television's most comprehensive picture of a feud that has reshaped the Middle East.

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Episodes & Seasons

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Season 1

2 Episodes

Highlights the 40 year struggle between Iran and Saudi Arabia for dominance in the Middle East, in part, on behalf the the Shite or Sunni factions of Islam.

EP 01

01.Part One

1h 56m

2018-02-20

01.Part One

1h 56m

Aired 2018-02-20

Highlights the 40 year struggle between Iran and Saudi Arabia for dominance in the Middle East, in part, on behalf the the Shite or Sunni factions of Islam.

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EP 02

02.Part Two

54m

2018-02-27

02.Part Two

54m

Aired 2018-02-27

Frontliine explores the postulate that the current turmoil in the Middle East, particularly in Syria Iraq and Yemen, is a primarily a manifestation of a forty year power struggle between Iran and Saudi Arabia.

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