US coalition against Iran 'not easy'

Pompeo tries to bring together allies in recent one-week visit to Middle East

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's Middle East tour successfully appeased US allies, but the goal of getting those regional allies to forge a common front against Iran will be difficult to realize, analysts said.

Pompeo said that the US government is working to establish a Middle East Strategic Alliance to confront Iran, which he considered "the region's most serious threat", during a speech on his visit that ended on Monday.