The fallout between Egypt and Saudi with regard to Egypt’s recent controversial vote at the UNSC, as seen by Saudi columnists:

• Egypt should have at least remained neutral, Mohammed Al Osaimi writesin a piece for Okaz.Egypt could have abstained from voting for Russia’s program on Syria at the UN Security Council which Saudi opposed. Nobody can force Egypt to maintain its alliances with the GCC countries, he says, but similarly GCC countries cannot then be blamed for the alliances they are forced to make (with *cough* Turkey *cough*) to protect themselves from Iranian threats.
• Egypt does not know what it wants, Saud Al Rayes writes for Al Hayat, mocking Egypt’s UN Security Council vote. He calls on President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to move out of this grey area and take a clear stance on Syria, whether it be supporting the Syrian regime, the rebels or even calling for unity between warring factions. It is also time for Egypt to drop its “illusion” of itself being a “leader” of the Arab world, as it is neither equipped economically or politically to assume this role.