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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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Islamic fighters from the Al-Nusra Front carry a banner of Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock mosque with the Arabic slogan: 'We fight in Syria... and our eyes are on Jerusalem' on July 28, 2014. (RAMI AL-SAYED/AFP/Getty Images)
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Glenn Greenwald talks to the media at Auckland Town Hall on September 15, 2014. (Hannah Peters/Getty Images)
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Sister Ann-Elisabeth prays in the Grotto of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, December 20, 2001. (David Silverman/Getty Images)
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A Peshmerga fighter next to the remains of a car bearing the Islamic State's trademark jihadist flag after an American air strike in the village of Baqufa, north of Mosul, on August 18, 2014. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)
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Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants parade down a street in downtown Gaza City on August 29, 2014. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images)
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Iraqi demonstrators shout slogans during an anti-government protest in the western city of Ramadi on March 15, 2013. (AZHAR SHALLAL/AFP/Getty Images)
Commentary
Experts
James Barnett
Research Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Douglas J. Feith
Senior Fellow
