By Ben Aris in Berlin The situation in the Middle East rapidly destabilised in the last week by a slew of bombings, missile and counter-missile strikes that brought the whole region much closer to a region-wide war. In the latest attack,Israel killed four Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) military officials in a missile strike on Damascus on the morning of January 20, according to reports by the Iranian and Syrian media. The situation starts to run out of control; several leading countries, including China, Russia, Japan, and South Africa, have offered to mediate to restore pea…