Letter.

Letter Published in The National UAE on 5Jan 20 The Middle East might suffer as a result of the US-Iran conflict I write in reference to Joyce Karam’s article Qassem Suleimani: A loss too big for Iran to leave unanswered (January 3): there is little doubt Suleimani was an asset to the Iran regime. His success in helping spread Tehran’s influence across the Middle East in the past two decades is a testament of this.It is little wonder then that the US wanted to eliminate him, especially given the escalating of tension between the two powers in Iraq. But the question is, how much this will cost the Americans and their allies in the region – as well as ordinary Iraqis who might suffer the brunt of an Iranian backlash.I fear that the Middle East is going to suffer as a result of this conflict.K Ragavan, Bengaluru