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Connecting Policy With Operational Excellence Across the Middle East

Published Aug 21, 26
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Israel reacted with alarm to both the U.S. choice to raise sanctions on Syria and President Trump's meeting with Ahmed al-Sharaa. Prime Minister Netanyahu apparently asked President Trump not to raise Syria sanctions in advance of Trump's trip to the area. Because the fall of the Assad program in December 2024, Israel has been careful of the previous jihadist now in control in Damascus.

It has also released soldiers in southern Syria, inhabiting an increasing location beyond the demilitarized zone separating the two countries. Moving forward, Israel will stay cautious of the Sharaa government and will likely continue to apply military pressure on Syria, consisting of an expanded occupation of southern Syria and occasional air campaign.

Israel's openness to the Trump administration's efforts to broker a nonaggression pact between Israel and Syria stays an open concern. Given that the fall of Assad in December 2024, Saudi Arabia has actually lobbied hard for the United States to raise Syria sanctions, citing them as a key challenge to the country's restoration.

For MBS, the U.S. choice stood as an essential success emerging from Trump's journey. Going forward, Saudi Arabia will likely encourage the United States to continue along its course toward normalization with Syria.

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, with no tip of a shift in policy. Going forward, Netanyahu can be expected to continue along the very same trajectory in Gaza, particularly considering that a remarkable shift in U.S.

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On the contrary, as the international outcry against ProtestVersus actions in Gaza grows and with an increasing number of U.S. allies moving to declare a Palestinian state, Israel is likely to entrench its position further, even more by strengthened prospect of possibility U.S. ongoing.

Trump's proposition and reiterated its rejection to normalize relations with Israel in the lack of substantial progress toward the creation of a Palestinian state. The kingdom has also strongly slammed Israel for the lack of sufficient help flowing into Gaza.

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Its leading function in promoting a two-state option at the 80th UN General Assembly stands as its most popular effort in this regard. The kingdom will likely continue its behind-the-scenes lobbying of the United States to press Israel to relent on these demands, holding out on any development toward normalization with Israel in the lack of motion on these issues.

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Its engagement in the Middle East is forming the shapes of the emerging local orderwhether by default or design. Particularly, its decisions on Iran, Syria, and Gaza all touch on core obstacles in the region and hold the possible to move each in a favorable direction. Yet, hazard and deepening dispute base on the other hand of each chance.

As worldwide trade patterns straighten, a new financial investment corridor is taking shape, connecting capital from the Gulf to Latin America. Sovereign wealth funds, conglomerates, and household workplaces from the Gulf Cooperation Council ("") are investing billions across Latin America's energy, agriculture, fintech, and infrastructure sectors. Trade in between Mexico and GCC states increased more than 33% in between 2021 and 2022, while non-oil trade with the UAE has nearly folded the past decade.

3 Organization sentiment reflects this momentum64% of Latin American executives plan to expand engagement with the Gulf, especially in agriculture, renewable resource, and digital services. 4 Underscoring this momentum, Saudi Arabia recently opened its first Chamber of Commerce office in Miami, additional signifying the growing links in between Gulf capital and the Americas.

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