The Middle East Strategic Alliance (MESA)

Khashoggi murder further complicates 'Arab NATO' plan

President Donald Trump's strategy to contain Iranian power in the Middle East by forging Arab allies into a US-backed security alliance is in trouble even before the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Now, three US sources said, the plan faces fresh complications.

November 9, 2018
November 9, 2018

Khashoggi murder further complicates 'Arab NATO' plan

President Donald Trump's strategy to contain Iranian power in the Middle East by forging Arab allies into a US-backed security alliance is in trouble even before the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Now, three US sources said, the plan faces fresh complications.