How October 7 redrew the map of the Middle East

In the past three years, following the October 7 attacks and the start of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, the wider region has been marked by conflict, economic turmoil, and a shattering of the balance of power.The network of alliances maintained by Iran, long central to its regional power, has been hit hard and severely weakened. Yemen’s Houthi rebels remain one notable exception.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Trump launches midterms campaign blitz amid record low approval ratingslist 2 of 4New aircraft carrier, 10,000 US troops: Is the Iran war about to escalate?list 3 of 4Trump vs Europe as US presses for release of emergency diesel stockslist 4 of 4G7 nations to release oil and diesel stocks, will it bring down the prices?end of listIsrael has made gains. Many of the leaders of the Lebanese group Hezbollah and the Palestinian group Hamas have been killed, while Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was also assassinated in February. Israel occupies most of Gaza, where it has also killed more than 74,000 Palestinians and reduced much of the enclave to rubble.Its military aggression has come at a cost, isolating it from its traditional allies and making it ...