US leadership role in Middle East facing deep challenges
Mar 19, 2023
Washington [US], March 19: China's shock success at bringing Saudi Arabia and Iran together has challenged the United States' longstanding role as the key outside power broker in the Middle East. Beijing's persuading archrivals Riyadh and Tehran to reestablish diplomatic relations upstaged the United States just as Washington appears powerless to intervene in the political tensions in the Zionist entity over the Netanyahu government's sharp-right turn, which has inflamed Palestinians.