With US distracted by Russia’s Ukraine war and China, economics and an emboldened Iran drive Middle East powers to redraw alliances

• As US interest in the region wanes, old foes are mending fences to prevent Tehran from filling the void – and to safeguard economies from the renewable revolution
• Fearing an Iran emboldened by a revived nuclear deal, US allies are refusing to join the alliance against Moscow and have rolled out the red carpet for Syria’s Bashar al-Assad