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Ceremonial soldiers parade during the 79th anniversary of the Victory Day in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, on May 9, 2024. (Sefa Karacan via Getty Images)
Middle East
Middle East
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Mourners carry a large cross during a funeral procession on April 10, 2017 at the Monastery of Marmina in the city of Borg El-Arab, for the victims of the blast at the Coptic Christian Saint Mark's church in Alexandria the previous day (MOHAMED EL-SHAHED)
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Secretary-General of Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah live broadcasts during a commemoration event for Mustafa Badreddine, a soldier of Hezbollah killed in Syria, in Dahieh district of Beirut, Lebanon on May 11, 2017 (Ratib Al Safadi/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
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Israel's "Security Fence" is a solid wall along 5% of it's length. 10 meters high and reinforced concrete (Justin McIntosh)
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Relatives of Coptic Christians who were killed during a bus attack, surround their coffins, during their funeral service, at Ava Samuel desert monastery in Minya, Egypt, May 26, 2017 (Ibrahim Ezzat/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Relatives of killed Coptic Christians carry a coffin as they gather outside the Abu Garnous Cathedral in the north Minya town of Maghagha, on May 26, 2017 (MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images)
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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg's soeajs during the unveiling ceremony of the Berlin Wall monument, during the NATO summit in Brussels, May 25, 2017 (EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)
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Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and U.S. President Donald Trump join dancers with swords at Murabba Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 20, 2017 (Bandar Algaloud / Saudi Royal Council / Handout/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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Video screenshot of President Trump as delivered his speech at the Arab Islamic American Summit Riyadh on May 21, 2017 (Whitehouse.gov)
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A giant billboard bearing portraits of US President Donald Trump and Saudi Arabia's King Salman, Riyadh, May 19, 2017 (FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP/Getty Images)
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An Iranian flag is seen outside the Bushehr nuclear power plant (BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty Images)
Experts
Hillel Fradkin
Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Islam, Democracy, and the Future of the Muslim World
Husain Haqqani
Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia
Bernard Haykel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident), Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Jonathan Hessen
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Can Kasapoğlu
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Liel Leibovitz
Senior Fellow
William Luti
Adjunct Fellow
Joel Rayburn
Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Zineb Riboua
Research Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Peter Rough
Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Jonathan Schachter
Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Abram N. Shulsky
Senior Fellow
Mike Watson
Associate Director, Center for the Future of Liberal Society
Richard Weitz
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis
