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A flag of the United Nations flies at the United Nations Offices in Geneva on August 14, 2025. (Getty Images)
Middle East
Middle East
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Satellite dishes displayed in street of the city of Shiraz before being destroyed by the Iranian army, September 28, 2013 (MOHSEN TAVARO/AFP/Getty Images)
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World leaders and delegates attend the the second day of the G20 economic summit in Hamburg, Germany, July 8, 2017 (Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images)
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Israeli protesters demonstrate against a government decision to abandon a deal to allow women and men to pray together at the Western Wall, July 1, 2017 (THOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, July 7, 2017 (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
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Fourteen members of the Security Council raise their hands in affirmation of Resolution 2334, December 23, 2016 (Albin Lohr-Jones/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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Child cries besides the coffins of his parents, who were killed in the Minya Bus Attack on May 26, 2017 (Ibrahim Ezzat/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammad bin Salman speaks to Defense Secretary Jim Mattis at the Pentagon, March 16, 2017 (U.S. Department of Defense)
Experts
James Barnett
Research Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
