... of conflicts in many countries starting from Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Libya and the future government in Lebanon,... .... The establishment of collective security in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and the reformation ... ... of conflict in spheres of influence between Iran, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Turkey and other rising regional ... ... another. However, evidence of increased contact with Russia by countries like Egypt and Jordan should be ... ... intransigence concerning the Palestinian issue, East Jerusalem and the expectation that the Israeli government ...
... Flynt Leverett, professor of the University of Pennsylvania, titled
US Election Note Middle East Policy After 2016
. Leverett dwells on the future of the US Middle East... ... claim that Obama’s presidency saw a change in the US relations with Israel and Saudi Arabia is questionable. Israel has been and remains the US’ main ally in... ... – America withdrew only to return, and there appeared new sources of trouble in Syria and Libya. And these challenges are far more serious than “Iran’s continued rise” and “Russia’s expanding role” in the Middle East that Leverett chose to draw...
Adopted in late 2015 as a joint Russian-American initiative,
UN Security Council Resolution 2254
... ... challenge for Washington to engage in cooperation with Moscow over Syria under the Vienna accords, i.e. with the participation of ... ... Kremlin Strategizing
Many in Washington believe that the current Middle Eastern security system is far from adequate to prevent ... ... course of action is hardly the primary factor that has pushed Saudi Arabia into confronting Iran. Nevertheless, against the backdrop ...
... has a mother: the invasion of Iraq. But it also has a father: Saudi Arabia and its religious-industrial complex. Until that point ... ... many decades this approach suited both parties in that convoluted Middle Eastern system that operates to a brutal but still clear-cut ... ....66 billion.
EPA/YOUSSEF BADAWI
Boris Dolgov, Omar Mahmood:
The Syrian Conflict: Russian and GCC
Perspectives
The U.S. allies largely share the ... ... the State Department laconically responding “the Saudi refusal is their own business.” However, analysts believe that ...
