Analysis – Is the Middle East on the bring of a major showdown?

cde.news desk 12 May 2019, 09:00 · 1 min read

epa07561399 Two Palestinian protesters rest on a hill, during clahses after Friday protests near the border between Israel and Gaza Strip, eastern Gaza Strip, 10 May 2019. Palestinian protesters plan to call for the right of Palestinian refugees across the Middle East to return to homes they fled in the war surrounding the 1948 creation of Israel. EPA-EFE/MOHAMMED SABER

War clouds in the Middle East are thickening. A worrisome conjunction of circumstances is leading towards a possible showdown between the Axis of Resistance (Iran, Syria, Hezbollah and some Iraqi Shia militias) and Arab Nato (the US, Israel and some Arab countries).

From the situation in Iran, the issues in Syria, the conflicts between Israel and Palestine the problems are never-ending.

In the following piece by former Italian diplomat Marco Carnelos, one can read the issues which are creating what might be the next major showdown in the Middle East.

Read ‘Is the Middle East on the bring of a major showdown’ here.

Via Middle East Eye

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Analysis – Is the Middle East on the bring of a major showdown?

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