The Middle East Situation

The eleventh-hour cancellation of the much-heralded Iraq-Syria meeting appears for the time being to have blocked off progress towards reconciliation between the Ba'thist regimes, returning Arab political life to the doldrums where the "peace process" is also still languishing. King Husain's visits to Washington, London and Paris seem only to have confirmed that stagnation. Jordan's breach with the PLO has been reflected in pressure on...