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Sudanese army soldiers take part in a military in Khartoum, Sudan, on August 23, 2025. (Getty Images)
Middle East
Middle East
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Smoke rises after an Israeli air strike in Gaza City, on May 05, 2019. (NurPhoto/Getty Images)
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US President Donald Trump speaks alongside US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo prior to signing a Proclamation on the Golan Heights in DC, March 25, 2019. (SAUL LOEB/Getty Images)
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Iranian religious leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei holds a meeting with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran, Iran on April 03, 2019. (Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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On April 10, 2019 Israeli Likud Party campaign material and posters of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu strewn on the floor following election night at the party headquarters in the coastal city of Tel Aviv. (JACK GUEZ/Getty Images)
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Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa arrives to attend the Pakistan Day parade in Islamabad on March 23, 2019. (FAROOQ NAEEM/Getty Images)
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks as a security staff member stands guard in foreground during a rally of Justice and Development Party (AK Party) in Ankara, Turkey, on March 28, 2019. (Anadolu Agency/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
Douglas J. Feith
Senior Fellow
