Thus, we see that Middle East, as here defined, has crystallized into two parts A North, consisting of Turkey, Iran, and Syria with Russia's input, and including Iraq. Contested grounds are Lebanon, Qatar, Yemen, West Bank, and Gaza, and pockets of Sunni insurgents Syria and Iraq.. ..…

In, Israel will demand $250 billion from Tunisia, Libya, Morocco, Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Yemen and Iran.. ..…

With little notice to the United States, Saudi Arabia began a military intervention in Yemen that nearly four years later has failed to dislodge the Iran-aligned rebels it targeted while causing a humanitarian crisis. Iran has deepened its ties with militias in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon..…