A changed Middle East balance of power
Iran is now the big loser
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ON OCT 6, 2023, it seemed as though the United States and its allies were about to win the day in the Middle East and that the anti-American Iran regime was facing a major geo-strategic blow.
The expectation was that Saudi Arabia and Israel, America’s two partners in the region and long-time foes of the Islamic Republic, were about to normalise diplomatic relations.
The conventional wisdom in Washington and Middle Eastern capitals at that time was that the ensuing Saudi-Israeli detente would create the conditions for the formation of a new regional bloc that would include the pro-Western moderate Arab states and Israel.
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