{"id":8461,"date":"2026-04-25T10:08:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T06:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/?p=8461"},"modified":"2026-04-25T10:08:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T06:38:17","slug":"middle-east-sees-largest-buildup-since-2003-expert-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/?p=8461&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Middle East Sees Largest Buildup Since 2003, Expert Warns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Victoria Coates, former deputy national security advisor, stated on &#8216;The Bottom Line&#8217; that the current situation in the Middle East represents the most significant military buildup in the region since 2003. Coates characterized President Donald Trump&#8217;s approach to the ongoing conflict as &#8216;playing hardball,&#8217; indicating a firm and assertive strategy amidst the escalating tensions.<\/p>\n<p>#MiddleEast #Geopolitics #NationalSecurity #USForeignPolicy #DonaldTrump #VictoriaCoates #RegionalConflict #MilitaryBuildup #InternationalRelations #TheBottomLine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Victoria Coates, former deputy national security advisor, stated on &#8216;The Bottom Line&#8217; that the current situation in the Middle East represents the most significant military buildup in the region since 2003. Coates characterized President Donald Trump&#8217;s approach to the ongoing conflict as &#8216;playing hardball,&#8217; indicating a firm and assertive strategy amidst the escalating tensions. #MiddleEast [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8462,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle-east-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}