The White House National Security Adviser travels to the Middle East

This is Sullivan’s first trip to the Middle East as White House national security adviser, and will be the highest-ranking Biden’s official to visit Saudi Arabia, US officials said, according to IRNA on Thursday.
US-Saudi relations: Relations between the two countries have been strained, especially after US President Joe Biden promised to hold Saudi Arabia accountable in his election debates.
Following his election as President of the United States, Joe Biden released a CIA report identifying Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as the perpetrator of the assassination of Jamal Khashgechi, a critic of the Saudi regime and a Saudi journalist. Biden also stopped selling military weapons to Yemen due to Saudi human rights abuses.
The United States recently withdrew its Patriot missile systems from Saudi Arabia, and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin canceled a trip to the country at the last minute.
US-Egypt relations: US-Egypt relations have also soured, especially after the US State Department cut off $ 130 million in annual military aid to Egypt for human rights abuses by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. There was more tension.
On the other hand, the United States is working with Egypt to prevent another conflict between Hamas and the Zionist regime.
The Egyptians are also seeking US support in their dispute with Ethiopia over the Great Barrier Reef in Ethiopia. Egypt sees the project as a threat to its water supply.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is also expected to meet with his Egyptian counterpart in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly on Thursday.
US-UAE Relations: Unlike the other two countries, US-UAE relations have reached Joe Biden largely without tension from Donald Trump.
The Biden administration has supported the normalization of relations between the UAE and the Zionist regime and has agreed to the signing of a controversial agreement to sell fighter jets to the UAE, which was signed under the Trump administration.
Iran will probably be the main topic of Sullivan’s visit to the UAE.
According to Axius, the Emirati people want the United States to take a stronger stance against Iran’s regional activities.
The United States wants to reduce its focus on the Middle East, and all three countries, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Egypt, are concerned about continued US engagement with the Middle East after its withdrawal from Afghanistan.