The vacuum left by America’s disengagement has thrown the Middle East into a dangerous state of instability, wherein extremist groups thrive and thwart any hopes for peace.
SAUDI KING Salman bin Abdulaziz, left, walks with Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Riyadh last year.(photo credit: REUTERS/FAISAL AL NASSER)ByZVI MAZEL