Trump may believe that supporting the stable, self-governing entity which Syrian Kurds, Christians, Yezidis, and Arabs have created in northeastern Syria is not U.S interest. ..…

Omar’s attack on Sisi’s Egypt is of a piece with her attacks on Israel, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. ... In the case of the Islamic countries, their policies toward the Muslim Brotherhood are far more aggressive than those of any non-Muslim nation. ..…

In Syria as well, the influence of Iran and its allies has increased, while Western and Saudi-backed forces such and Islamic State have been defeated - and Americans have themselves to blame.. ... In these conditions, the facto detente between Iran and the US during Obama..…

Dominated by Persian ethnic group and Shiite of Islam, and governed as Islamic, Iran stands apart from Arab and Sunni Middle East and its absolute monarchies, particularly that of US-ally Saudi Arabia.. ..…