Wall Street Journalのインスタグラム(wsj) - 6月2日 06時59分

The battle for hegemony in the Middle East is playing out at the ancient African port or Berbera, where traditional dhow fishing boats now share space with giant container ships loaded around the clock. At stake is the precarious peace in one of the world’s most volatile and strategic corners, and the balance of power in the Middle East.⠀
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Berbera, in the breakaway republic of Somaliland, is perched on a narrow shipping lane leading to the Suez Canal and is just 260 nautical miles from Yemen’s civil war. Described by colonial-era travelers as the "key to the Red Sea," the port became an Ottoman stronghold and later a British colonial outpost.⠀
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That explains why the U.A.E., Saudi Arabia’s strongest ally, pledged close to $450 million to take over the port here. Elsewhere along the Horn of Africa, the two allies have snapped up ports and military bases at sites in Somalia, plus farther north in Djibouti and Eritrea. ⠀
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Qatar and Turkey, which support a different model of political Islam and are closer to Saudi Arabia's arch-rival Iran, are building in Somalia and Sudan. China, meanwhile, is positioned with a military base and a container port in Djibouti and is exploring sites in Somalia, while the U.S. currently conducts Africa operations and directs drones from Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti, the largest U.S. base on the continent.⠀
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"We have new kids on the block…competition in the Middle East between the Sunnis and the Shias, and the Americans, the Russians, the Turks, the Qataris," said Saad Ali Shire, Somaliland's foreign minister. "It’s a poisonous meeting of interests coming together."⠀
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Read more about the Middle East power struggle playing out on the Horn of Africa at the link in our bio. ⠀
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Reporting: @matinastevis; ?: @tommy.trenchard for WSJ; Drone footage: Abdinasir Ahmed for WSJ

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