The future of US policy in the Middle East lies in Yemen, not Syria

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SH.A.

Although more than 2,000 US troops in Syria are committed to an indefinite period of protection of areas that were subject to the so-called terrorist organization and the interest of senior US officials in Syria, those who want to know the direction of US policy in the Middle East in the future should turn their attention to Yemen not Syria.

This was the conclusion of John P.  Alterman in his view “Yemen is not very different from what Syria is witnessing,” he said. “The US allies around Yemen are in danger.

The number of terrorists is increasing in Yemen and there is interference. Without a doubt, the refugees from Syria are affecting Europe, which also depends heavily on navigation on the right coast.

The human suffering in Yemen and Syria is very severe. The number of victims in Syria is increasing, while at the same time there are one million people suffering from cholera in Yemen.

However, the US government has  no deals with what is happening in Yemen ,and sells weapons to the allies.

“One can also see these signs in President Donald Trump’s repetition of the idea that the United States has pumped $ 7 trillion into the Middle East since 2001, without reaping significant results.

There is a growing consensus among all audiences in the United States that the Middle East has been a very bad investment for her over the last 15 years, and the patience of those who give money has run out.

“Taking into account that Yemen is an indicator of US policy in the Middle East, there are a number of consequences that are not hard to imagine, including that US aid is likely to decrease, but direct aid to Israel is likely to be safe,” Alterman said.

For many years, the United States has sought to integrate regional defenses in the Gulf with the aim of deterring Iran, but these efforts have slowed considerably, in particular because of the tensions in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the Trump’s inability to calm these tensions.

The United States’ interest in participating in regional diplomacy appears to be small, with implications across the Middle East, and the motivation to mediate and manage regional conflicts seems to have diminished considerably.

These trends are likely to have several effects; one is that the United States will have less influence in the form of conflicts in the Middle East.

In Alterman’s view, there is another effect of the decline in US involvement in the Middle East, which is that other countries may have more influence in the region than they currently have. Russia and China will not be the only two countries to try to fill the vacuum left by the United States, but Iran will do the same, and perhaps countries such as France and India will follow suit.

These countries will adopt policies that strengthen their agendas and at certain times undermine the interests of the United States.

“The above-mentioned implications are not inevitable or cannot be changed, but it is folly to say that they are not to be considered. The current changes in the US position on the Middle East will have repercussions,” Alterman said. The region only, but it will also affect the United States and its allies in the world.