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What a Democratic-controlled US Congress can and cannot do in the Middle East

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“What a Democratic-controlled US Congress can and cannot do in the Middle East”

The resounding Democratic win in the US midterm elections will make life harder for President Donald Trump, but it won’t flip US Middle East policy any time soon. The bigger shift is political. On Iran, military aid to Israel and Gulf security, the new majority can start questioning long-unchallenged assumptions and testing what Washington will actually sustain. Officials in the region – Tehran above all – will be asking two things: Can Democrats rein in Mr Trump? And will the political shift…

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