What Russia Needs within the Middle East

Moscow Seeks to Exploit Instability however Avoid Escalation

Since Hamas’s October 7 assault on Israel, Russia has loved watching the deteriorating scenario within the Middle East preoccupy its foremost adversary, the United States. On April 13, nevertheless, Moscow grew involved when, in retaliation for an assault on the Damascus consulate of Iran, its rising ally, Tehran launched greater than 300 missiles and drones at Israel. Although that assault was successfully neutralized by antimissile defenses and coordinated help from the United States and Arab and Western companions, Israel responded six days later with a strike on an S-300 long-range air protection system in Isfahan, a metropolis deep inside Iran. When calibrating