BBC World Service | Why the Middle East is so important to the US - BBC World Service @BBCWorldService | Uploaded July 2024 | Updated October 2024, 18 hours ago.
There has been almost a century of diplomacy, interventions, wars and economic deals between the US and the countries in the Middle East.

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In that time friends have become foes, enemies have become allies and the United States of America has maintained an eager interest in the region - but why? Here are three reasons why the US is so involved in the Middle East.

00:00 Introduction
00:39 Middle Eastern oil and American weapons
02:58 US allies in the Middle East
06:20 Security threats and war in the Middle East
09:43 Power and influence in the Middle East

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