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Mideast in shambles, but the world has moved on for now

FILE - In this March 22, 2021, file photo, blood splatters the floor of a hospital in Atareb, a town in rural western Aleppo, Syria. Artillery shells fired from government areas killed at least five civilians and wounded medical staff when they landed in front of the hospital. Countries like Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen are all teetering on the brink of humanitarian catastrophe with an economic implosion that threatens to throw the region into even deeper turmoil. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed, File) FILE - In this June 13, 2021, file photo, a man walks through a heavily damaged hospital in the city of Afrin, Syria. Countries like Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen are all teetering on the brink of humanitarian catastrophe with an economic implosion that threatens to throw the region into even deeper turmoil. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed) FILE - In this March 10, 2020, file photo, people attend a funeral of a Syrian Democratic Forces fighter who was killed in a battle with remnants of the Islamic State group in eastern Syria, in the town of Qamishli. Countries like Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen are all teetering on the brink of humanitarian catastrophe with an economic implosion that threatens to throw the region into even deeper turmoil. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad, File) FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2021, file photo, people pass next of a justice symbol monument that sits in front of towering grain silos gutted in the massive August 2020 explosion at the Beirut port that claimed the lives of more than 200 people, in Beirut, Lebanon. Countries like Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen are all teetering on the brink of humanitarian catastrophe with an economic implosion that threatens to throw the region into even deeper turmoil. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) FILE - In this May 20, 2021, file photo, a boy screams for help after his father was injured when he was hit in the eye by a stone thrown by members of the Christian rightwing Lebanese Forces group, who attacked buses carrying Syrian voters, in the town of Zouk Mosbeh, north of Beirut, Lebanon. Mobs of angry Lebanese men attacked buses and cars carrying Syrians expatriates and others heading to the Syrian embassy in Beirut protesting against what they said was an organized vote for President Bashar Assad. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) FILE - In this Sept. 3, 2021, file photo, cars line up at a petrol station as they try to get gas on the main highway in the coastal town of Jiyeh, south of Beirut, Lebanon. Countries like Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen are all teetering on the brink of humanitarian catastrophe with an economic implosion that threatens to throw the region into even deeper turmoil. (AP Photo/ Hassan Ammar) FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2021, file photo, motorcycle drivers wait to get fuel at a gas station in Beirut, Lebanon. Countries like Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen are all teetering on the brink of humanitarian catastrophe with an economic implosion that threatens to throw the region into even deeper turmoil. (AP Photo/ Hassan Ammar, File) FILE - In this Nov. 3, 2020, file photo, malnourished girl, Rahmah Watheeq, receives treatment at a feeding center at Al-Sabeen hospital in Sanaa, Yemen. Countries like Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen are all teetering on the brink of humanitarian catastrophe with an economic implosion that threatens to throw the region into even deeper turmoil. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File) FILE - In this May 14, 2021, file photo, Palestinians inspect their destroyed houses following overnight Israeli airstrikes in town of Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip. More than 4,000 homes in Gaza were destroyed or severely damaged and 250 people killed, most of them civilians. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)