US will not 'leave vacuum for China, Russia Iran' to fill in Middle East, says Biden | South China Morning Post

President Joe Biden was using a summit of Arab nations on Saturday to lay out his strategy for the Middle East as he closed the final leg of a four-day trip meant to bolster US relationships in a region bracing for confrontation with Iran. The president spent the morning meeting individually with the leaders of Iraq, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), some of whom he had never sat down with. He said Washington would remain fully engaged in the Middle East and would not cede influence to other world powers. "We will not walk away and leave a…