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A flag of the United Nations flies at the United Nations Offices in Geneva on August 14, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Middle East
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A rally in Sana’a, Yemen, against the U.S. designation of the Houthis as a foreign terrorist organization, Jan. 25.
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Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi arrives in Tehran after a week in exile, August, 1953.
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An Israeli waves a flag during a parade marking Jerusalem Day at the Western Wall in 2009.
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Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar leaves after signing an agreement with the United States during a ceremony in the Qatari capital Doha on February 29, 2020 (Photo by GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP via Getty Images)
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James Barnett
Research Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
