Deletion of Belligerents in the Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict

Comment: into Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict which covers much of the same ground in its large section listing the Iran–Saudi_Arabia_proxy_conflict#Involved_parties|involved parties.  This is clearly a big topic per the navigational template {{tl|Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict}}.  As the page in question has hundreds of sources, the most relevant policy is 
Stance: merge
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Editing policy (WP:PRESERVE)

Comment: these proxy-conflict articles are magnets for .  Many of the sources are two or three degrees removed from any mention of a proxy conflict.  This should be deleted with prejudice
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:No original research (WP:SYNTH)