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US sailors conduct routine maintenance on a jet blast deflector on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz on July 9, 2025. (US Navy)
Middle East
Middle East
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After having their papers processed, migrant families walk out of a transit area toward a train station, Sept. 3, Gevgelija, Macedonia. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
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Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (MAXIM MALINOVSKY/AFP/Getty Images)
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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan holds a Koran at the opening ceremony of the Selehaddin Eyyubi airport on May 26, 2015, in eastern city of Hakkari. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)
Experts
James Barnett
Research Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
