America’s interests are interwoven with the successes of the Middle East,” said Jen Gavito, the State Department’s Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Iraq, Iran, and Public Diplomacy.As for China and its bid to exert influence in the Middle East, Gavito warned that Beijing was seeking to remake the international order and its “profoundly illiberal” image.“However, we encourage Iraq to do so with its eyes wide open,” she said, pointing to economic arrangements with China that only benefit Beijing.It is in our interest to work with the Iraqi people to confront these shared challenges I’ve described,” Gavito said.Read more: US military unit that built bases in Middle East shuts down: PentagonIran is ‘greatest, single threat’ to stability in Middle East: US general Iran is still the “greatest, single threat” to stability in the region, the top US general for the Middle East said Tuesday.“And they still pursue a ... Middle EastUS downs Iranian drone threatening American forces in Iraq: CENTCOM Earlier in the day, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed missile and drone attacks at what they called militant targets in northern Iraq."