A few developments over the past week bode ill for the Middle East’s sectarian rivalries, with implications for U.S. strategy in the region. On Dec. 27, Hamid al-Shatri, the intelligence chief of Iraq’s Shiite-dominated (and thus Iran-influenced) government, met with Syria’s de facto leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, who also heads Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the Sunni Islamist […]
Turkey vs. Iran vs. the US
Tehran has few options to meet newly empowered Arab Sunnis.




