It’s been a more-than-usual eventful week in the Middle East. Russian-backed forces made yet more significant military gains in defeating US-sponsored proxies in Syria, with a fearsome display of long-range Russian air and naval firepower against militant hold-outs near Deir ez-Zor. That was while Russian President Vladimir Putin was greeted in the Iranian capital Tehran by Ayatollah Khamenei – a meeting that spoke volumes of the new reality of geopolitical authority in the region.
Then days later, the Saudi-backed Lebanese premier Saad Hariri makes a “surprise” resignation, which wasn’t really a surprise for those who are watching events closely. Hariri made his blustering speech while in the Saudi capital Riyadh, accusing Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah of “destabilizing” his country, and even plotting to assassinate him.
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