"The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia is one of two people driving the region - toward US interests - look at US's full hand on the file of Yemen, the dispute with Qatar and the strange episode that took place with the Lebanese Prime Minister (Saad Hariri),.. Bin Salman without restrictions and has the full support of the United States of America," Rhodes said in an interview with CNN.

"Look at the transfer of the US embassy to Jerusalem and the recent deaths of Palestinians in Gaza, which means that Netanyahu is also without restrictions," the official said.

"In the absence of any real American vision of the region, policies in the Middle East are assigned to both Riyadh and Jerusalem," he added.