“Yet, Russia is in bed with Iran.
That’s a tough dichotomy to explain. “
It’s not difficult to explain at all. Saudi Arabia and Iran are fighting proxy wars all over the middle east right now.
Saudi Arabia is funding AlQaeda/Mulsim Brotherhood and Iran is supporting Assad, etc.
Russia is backing Iran and Obama is backing the Saudis.
Not quite. The Saudi 'king' supports the egyptian military government. The Muslim Brotherhood, just like Osama, are the nemesis of the 'royal' family.
Currently SA is not just backing the new gov in Egypt but sending money and supplies. So they're backing the new gov and Al Sisi against the MB.