US President Joe Biden’s Middle East strategy is earning its nickname: the “de-escalation” doctrine. Washington has in recent months gone out of its way to strike mini-agreements with its enemy, Tehran, and brokered a maritime demarcation deal between Israel and Hezbollah-controlled Lebanon. But when it comes to peace between Arab Gulf states and Israel, the Biden administration expects nothing less […]
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