The Middle East Situation

The announcement in Tehran that Iran is to resume oil supplies to Syria confirmed the breakdown of Jordanian and Saudi efforts to engineer a Syrian-Iraqi rapprochement. The revitalization of Syrian-Iranian links has undoubtedly helped the Syrians in their efforts to restore order in Beirut. It has been counterbalanced, however, by signs of rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Egypt, possibly heralding moves to draw Cairo further back into the mainstream of Arab...