A quarter-century after the 'war on terror' began, the American Middle East is over

Submitted by Hesham Gaafar on Wed, 09/23/2026 - 14:47 The US-built regional order is not collapsing in a single dramatic moment. It is fading quietly into the background - until one day people wake up to an entirely new reality Antiwar demonstrators hold signs as they gather near the White House in Washington, DC, on 7 April 2026 (Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP) Off Last month, a photographer in Tehran captured a passing scene that seemed unremarkable: people walking past a large anti-American billb