Before I begin I want to say that I know Afghanistan and Yemen aren't technically in the Middle East, but I used the term anyway for the benefit of Americans.

I have to wonder what the people in the U.N. thought when Biden said this:

The withdrawal from Afghanistan is nearly half-way complete, and is looking almost unstoppable now.
Of course we won't stop bombing Afghanistan. Sheesh. What sort of imperialist empire doesn't bomb Afghanistan? I suppose you want a unicorn pony too?

First of all, every president since at least 2001 has been a war criminal, and Biden is no different. So what I'm talking about is just the degree of war criminal.

That being said, let's look at recent policy changes, starting with Afghanistan.

To be 100% accurate, the American involvement in Syria's Civil War was always a shit show.
There's the time we spent hundreds of millions of dollars building a rebel army, only to see that rebel army immediately turn their weapons over to Al Qaeda and throw away their uniforms.

Unless you work in the military, there's no way that you can answer that question.
But every once in a while we get a glimpse of what our generals have been up to.
Thanks to a South African Mail & Guardian investigation, we now have a better idea.

It seems like there's nothing but bad news out there, but if you look hard enough you can find a hidden gem, like this.

While everyone is focused on the pandemic, several extremely important developments have happened in recent weeks that are being mostly overlooked.

Afghanistan

Turkey is threatening to invade Syria (again) in order to defend al-Qaeda-controlled Idlib province from the Syrian army.