Trump urged to end Middle East 'non-alignment' as regional powers shift toward Iran and the Brotherhood

According to the author, a growing number of Levantine and Gulf states are adopting a misleading "non-aligned" posture that in practice aligns them with the Muslim Brotherhood and Iran’s regional axis. Israel’s recent airstrike on Syria’s Abu al Duhur airbase, which followed a Turkish officer inspection, is presented as a symptom of deeper rot. Turkey’s neo-Ottoman government is said to be rebuilding a 200,000-person Syrian army under radical Islamist command, while a Saudi-Turkey-Pakistan mutual defense pact signed on Aug. 7, 2026, provides diplomatic cover.

Oman’s joint management of the Strait of Hormuz with Tehran allegedly gives Iran control over half of the world’s key energy chokepoint. The author urges the Trump administration to force Turkey out of Damascus, create a Pentagon-run logistics command that funds only partners rejecting the Mecca pact and Hormuz arrangement, and bar any security forum that includes Turkey, Qatar, Pakistan or Oman from U.S. basing rights, offering accelerated weapons deliveries to compliant states.