“When we start seeing authorisations to use Gulf airspace to launch strikes on Iranian targets, then we can start talking about a Middle East Nato. Right now, it’s the exact opposite. I think what we saw from Saturday’s attack pumps the breaks on any idea of an Arab and Israeli Nato.” Bilal Saab, a former US Department of Defence official, now at Chatham House, US push for a ‘Middle East Nato’ failed to emerge during Iran strikes [Middle East Eye]