Recently, the United States announced that it would hold consultations with Iraq on a phased withdrawal of troops from Iraq, marking the reality that the United States is gradually losing its dominant position in the Middle East. In fact, since the "Arab Spring", the influence of the United States in the Middle East has been declining day by day.
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(British warplanes attacking Yemen)
First, the influence of the United States in the Middle East continues to decline
For a long time, the United States has dominated the situation in the Middle East by maintaining Israel's security and intervening in regional affairs. However, since the outbreak of the "Arab Spring" in 2011, the geopolitical landscape of the Middle East has undergone profound changes.
On the one hand, the US-backed Arab regimes have fallen one after another, and on the other hand, Iran's influence has increased significantly.
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In the case of the Yemeni civil war, for example, the Saudi-led Arab coalition failed to fight the Houthis and failed to turn the tide.
(U.S. airstrikes on Yemen)
The U.S. has repeatedly launched airstrikes on Yemen in an attempt to maintain its prestige, but the actions have not won much support from its allies and have not achieved its strategic goals, but have further exposed the fact that the U.S. influence is declining.
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On the Syrian issue, the US-led anti-terrorism coalition has also struggled to reverse the situation, and the situation in Syria has developed in favor of the Syrian government with the military intervention of Russia, Iran and other countries. U.S. influence is relatively weakened.
Over the past decade or so, the power structure and geopolitical landscape of the Middle East have undergone profound changes, and the dominance of the United States has been challenged.