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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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(FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP/Getty Images)
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Smoke billows in Egypt's North Sinai on July 2, 2015. At least 70 people, mostly Egyptian soldiers but also civilians, were killed in attacks and ongoing clashes with Islamic State group jihadists.(SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images)
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Members of the Egyptian Muslim brotherhood gather in front the party's headquarters in Cairo on March 22, 2013. (KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images)
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Iran President Hassan Rouhani (C) attends the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, September 12, 2014. (Kyrgyzstan Presidential Office Press Center/Pool/Dosaliev Sultan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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ISIS fighters in Libya (Dabiq Magazine)
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(ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)
Experts
James Barnett
Research Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
