Thursday, April 26, 2018

The State Of The Arab World In One Picture

Arab leaders pose for a photo during the 29th Arab League Summit in Dhahran city, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday April 14, 2018. press photo

Simon Henderson, The Hill: Awaiting change: State of the Arab world is captured in photo from Saudi summit

It is going to be a long, hot summer in the Middle East — continuing civil wars in Syria and Yemen, tension on the Israel-Gaza border, the Iran nuclear deal being extended or ending, the opening next month of the new U.S. embassy in Jerusalem, and who knows what else will happen. Some of this turmoil may be self-inflicted, but all are challenges for U.S. policy.

How will it all work out? The recent Arab summit in the Saudi city of Dhahran provides an opportunity for assessing the state of the Arab world, which includes several important American allies, and the extent to which Washington can hope for help as the summer progresses.

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WNU Editor: My gut is telling me that five to ten years from now most of these leaders will be gone.

3 comments:

Hans Persson said...

Yeah, dead by old age.

Anonymous said...

Han , i would not bet on it
Saleh of Yemen killed , so is Qaddafi . Saddam hanged . Ben Ali of Tunisia exiled .
Mubarak of Egypt under house arrest .
And i think one can make prediction the same fate for these leaders .

ROB VET said...

👆👆✊💪 yup. Mideast evey 10 years is never remotely the same