As Trump eyes the exit in the Middle East, critics have excoriated him for clearing a path for Russia’s dominance. Yet in their scramble to find new allies, Middle Eastern countries have also turned to a quieter but no less powerful U.S. rival: China.
— at least militarily — of the eight-year civil war that began in 2011. But with much of his country destroyed, and escalating economic U.S. sanctions crippling access to Western funds, he has courted Beijing to jump-start a prospective reconstruction bonanza.“Today, we see that there is a superpower, China, trying to strengthen its influence in the world,” Assad said in an interview with China’s Phoenix Television on Monday.
China’s overall arms exports to the region are still minuscule in comparison with those of the United States and Russia, especially when it comes to heavier weapons and defense systems. But China dominates in the export of unmanned combat aerial vehicles or armed drones to Middle Eastern countries facing restrictions on drone sales from the United States.
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