President Donald Trump's administration has created a potent anti-Iranian alliance in the Middle East.
As tensions around the Persian Gulf spiked in recent months, the U.S. has struggled to convince traditional allies in Europe and North America to support its increasingly hard-line approach to Iran.
Indeed, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has even coined a term for the grouping, branding them the “B team”—a reference to National Security Adviser John Bolton, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Emirati Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan.
At a meeting of the 57-nation Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Ibrahim al-Assaf suggested that the sabotage of four oil tankers off the UAE coast earlier this month—which the U.S. and its allies have blamed on Iran—plus attacks on a Saudi Arabian oil pipeline by Iranian-aligned Houthi rebels in Yemen necessitates “more efforts to counter the terrorist acts of extremist and terrorist groups.
The statement said the pact will “enhance military coordination” between the two nations “further advancing an already robust military, political, and economic partnership at a critical time.” Though Trump has veered between calls for dialogue and threats of extreme violence, he is reportedly generally against military action in Iran. Regardless, the geopolitical realities of the stand-off have forced his administration to deploy additional military forces to the region, increasing the risk of a catastrophic miscalculation by either side.
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