Dangerous portents in the Middle East
5 Dec 2017|Mohammed Ayoob
Many had assumed that the situation in the Middle East would stabilise after the defeat of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. Unfortunately, the region appears to have become even more volatile and a serious conflagration is increasingly on the cards.
A major reason for the deteriorating security situation is that the defeat of ISIS coincided with greater consolidation of the Assad regime’s control over parts of Syria. All players in the region see this as a victory for Iran, Assad’s principal supporter, and a defeat for its regional rival, Saudi Arabia, which had been a major supporter of the anti-Assad forces.
https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/dangerous-portents-in-the-middle-east/
