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Israel responded with alarm to both the U.S. decision to raise sanctions on Syria and President Trump's meeting with Ahmed al-Sharaa. Prime Minister Netanyahu apparently asked President Trump not to lift Syria sanctions in advance of Trump's trip to the region. Furthermore, considering that the fall of the Assad routine in December 2024, Israel has actually watched out for the previous jihadist now in control in Damascus.

It has actually also deployed troops in southern Syria, occupying an increasing location beyond the demilitarized zone separating the 2 countries. Moving forward, Israel will remain wary of the Sharaa government and will likely continue to apply military pressure on Syria, including a broadened occupation of southern Syria and occasional air campaign.

Israel's openness to the Trump administration's efforts to broker a nonaggression pact in between Israel and Syria remains an open question. Instead, Syria could become a locus of local power competitors in between Israel and Turkey as both look for to exert their influence over Syria's trajectory. Considering that the fall of Assad in December 2024, Saudi Arabia has lobbied hard for the United States to lift Syria sanctions, citing them as an essential challenge to the country's reconstruction.

For MBS, the U.S. choice stood as an essential victory emerging from Trump's journey. Going forward, Saudi Arabia will likely motivate the United States to continue along its course towards normalization with Syria.

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Despite widening domestic and international criticism of Israel's approach, the prime minister has not fluctuated in his expanding occupation of Gaza in the lack of any U.S. pressure. Indeed, the prime minister appears to bask in U.S. assistance, without any hint of a shift in policy. Going forward, Netanyahu can be anticipated to continue along the same trajectory in Gaza, specifically since a significant shift in U.S.

On the contrary, as the worldwide protest versus Israel's actions in Gaza grows and with an increasing variety of U.S. allies moving to state a Palestinian state, Israel is most likely to entrench its position further, bolstered by the possibility of ongoing U.S. assistance. Indeed, the Trump administration announced its choice to reject visas to the Palestinian Authority management ahead of the UN General Assembly, seemingly in action to installing calls for declaring a Palestinian state.

Trump's proposal and reiterated its refusal to normalize relations with Israel in the absence of significant progress towards the development of a Palestinian state. The kingdom has also strongly criticized Israel for the lack of adequate help flowing into Gaza.

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Its leading role in pushing for a two-state option at the 80th UN General Assembly stands as its most prominent effort in this regard. The kingdom will likely continue its behind-the-scenes lobbying of the United States to press Israel to relent on these needs, holding out on any progress toward normalization with Israel in the absence of movement on these issues.

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Its engagement in the Middle East is forming the shapes of the emerging local orderwhether by default or style. Specifically, its decisions on Iran, Syria, and Gaza all touch on core challenges in the region and hold the possible to move each in a positive instructions. Yet, hazard and deepening conflict stand on the other hand of each chance.

As global trade patterns realign, a new financial investment corridor is taking shape, connecting capital from the Gulf to Latin America. Sovereign wealth funds, corporations, and family workplaces from the Gulf Cooperation Council ("") are investing billions throughout Latin America's energy, farming, fintech, and facilities sectors. Trade between Mexico and GCC states increased more than 33% between 2021 and 2022, while non-oil trade with the UAE has nearly folded the past years.

3 Service belief reflects this momentum64% of Latin American executives plan to broaden engagement with the Gulf, particularly in farming, renewable resource, and digital services. 4 Underscoring this momentum, Saudi Arabia just recently opened its first Chamber of Commerce office in Miami, additional signifying the growing links between Gulf capital and the Americas.