Following a series of leaked U.S. documents that have rattled Washington, U.S. officials deny they're abandoning the Middle East. But the docs suggest multiple countries in the region are embracing Russia amid worries of an emerging, U.S.-shaped vacuum.
But Russia’s influence in the Middle East, where it has a military presence in places such as Syria, also is significant. And Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has led to even greater competition among Washington, Beijing and Moscow for support — or at least genuine neutrality — from countries in places like the Middle East, which remains a key source of global energy supplies.
POLITICO has been unable to independently verify the contents of all of the documents. But the White House has not denied that there is legitimate information in the batches, much of which was found on a social media site popular with gamers.says Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi ordered subordinates to covertly produce as many as 40,000 rockets as well as other weapons for shipment to Russia.
Another document described Russian intelligence officers bragging that they had convinced the United Arab Emirates “to work together against U.S. and UK intelligence agencies,”. In a statement to the AP, the UAE called the claims involving Russian operatives “categorically false.” But it also notes that Israel is trying to balance its ties between the U.S. and Russia because it needs Russia to look away when Israel bombs Syrian sites linked to Iran.
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