... President Donald Trump and the US role in the MENA region would determine the future of conflicts in many countries starting from Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Libya and the future government in Lebanon, Iraq and Algeria, Turkey and Iran
“When I thought I had already reached ... ... in both KSA and UAE and this time by targeting entities of civic services to convey stronger messages to their leaderships.
Kuwait
In Kuwait, there is a new government, and new parliamentary elections will be held in 2020, paving the way for the country ...
... generally, the US position in the North is weak and tends to weaken further. A
South
has a strong US-supported axis of Israel and Saudi Arabia at its core, with Egypt being largely dependent upon these two. Saudi Arabia also projects power towards Kuwait and the other states of the Arab Peninsula. Contested grounds are Lebanon, Qatar, Yemen, Gaza, and the West Bank, as well as pockets of Sunni insurgents in Syria and Iraq.
Some areas will change in less obvious ways, more gradually.
Turkey
is rather successfully defining a self-conscious new and very independent geopolitical position for itself. Turkey must be expected to continue on this path for 10–15 years. ...