The US Is Helpless, Arab Countries Are Trying To Approach Iran To Prevent The Middle East's Big War

Impact of Israeli attacks on Beirut Lebanon/DOK UNICEF

JAKARTA - Increasing anxiety over the United States' (US) inability to ease tensions in the Middle East has prompted some of America's closest allies in Arabia to significantly improve relations with its main regional enemy, Iran.

Over the past few months, Arab countries have reused their relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran to ward off a wider regional war as America failed to contain the upcoming regional escalation.

In a rare meeting this month, Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman, who once called Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei a new Hitler in the Middle East, sits with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Riyadh.

It was the third meeting between Iranian and Saudi officials in one month.

Tehran's main diplomat has met with Jordanian King Abdullah II in Amman and traveled a rare trip to Egypt to meet President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Cairo.

He also met with Qatari Prime Minister in Doha, Oman Foreign Minister in Muscat, and Bahrain King in Manama.

"All of our friends gave us assurances that their land and airspace will not be used to attack Iran. We expect this from all countries in the region," said Araghchi after meeting Kuwait's Crown Prince Sabah Al-Sabah in Kuwait.