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A. Iran and Saudi Arabia have backed opposing sides in Yemen’s civil war as well as civil wars in Iraq and Syria. The rivalry extends to disputes in Bahrain, Lebanon, Qatar, Afghanistan and Pakistan. After Shia Muslim clerics seized control of Iran in 1979, they called for more Islamic revolutions, worrying their neighbors with Sunni Muslim governments and sizable Shia populations.
B. The great majority of the world's more than 1.5 billion Muslims are Sunnis – an estimated 85 percent. About 10 percent of Muslims are Shia.
C. Oman is a Gulf ally of Saudi Arabia, but not a member of the Saudi-led military coalition trying to oust the Houthi militia that has seized the northern part of Yemen, including the capital Sanaa. It maintains good relations with the Houthis, who, like the Saudi-backed government, have expressed a readiness to return to the negotiating table.
D. Yemen is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the north, the Red Sea to the west, the Gulf of Aden and Guardafui Channel to the south, and the Arabian Sea and Oman to the east. The United Nations’ plea to allow it to run the port of Hodeida to allow emergency aid deliveries has been rejected.