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Iranian workers walk past a destroyed residential building due to Israeli attacks in Tehran, Iran, on June 13, 2025. (Morteza Nikoubazl via Getty Images)
Middle East
Middle East
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Displaced Yazidis cross the Syrian-Iraqi border, August 13, 2014 (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)
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Iranian missile during annual military parade in Tehran, September 22, 2015 (Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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A US soldier holds the national flag ahead of a handover ceremony at Leatherneck Camp in Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 29, 2017 (WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP/Getty Images)
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Israeli army exercise simulating conflict with Hezbollah near the Syrian border, September 6, 2017 (JALAA MAREY/AFP/Getty Images)
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Protest against racism and hate in Chicago, United States, August 27, 2017 (Bilgin S. Sasmaz/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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Closeup view of the UTA Flight 772 plane crash Memorial located in the Sahara Desert 450km east of Agadez in the southern Tenere of Niger, January 28, 2014 (DigitalGlobe via Getty Images)
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Armored combat vehicles belonging to Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units, August 31, 2017 (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)
Experts
James Barnett
Research Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
