The Middle East Situation

Despite the current stalemate in the battle for the Fao peninsula, the repercussions of the Iranian penetration across the Shatt al-Arab have continued to reverberate around the region. Reassurances from some Iranian leaders have failed to dissuade Kuwaiti and other Gulf leaders from seeing the Iranian move as a threat to themselves; the more 80s since Iran has now begun linking the Fao campaign and the new Iranian thrust in the northern Kurdish mountains with...