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Supporters of the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) chant slogans and wave flags at a rally celebrating the end of the US military presence in Iraq on September 30, 2026, in Baghdad, Iraq. (Getty Images)
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Supporters of the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) chant slogans and wave flags at a rally celebrating the end of the US military presence in Iraq on September 30, 2026, in Baghdad, Iraq. (Getty Images)

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michael_doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Michael Doran
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Migrants storm a barbed-wire fence as they attempt to cross the land border with Spain's African enclave of Ceuta near Fnideq in northern Morocco on September 15, 2024. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
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Migrants storm a barbed-wire fence as they attempt to cross the land border with Spain's African enclave of Ceuta near Fnideq in northern Morocco on September 15, 2024. (Getty Images)

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michael_doran
michael_doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
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ludo_hood
Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
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zineb_riboua
Research Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
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arbatman
Research Associate, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
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