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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
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Iraqi Christians light candles inside a shrine in the grounds of Mazar Mar Eillia (Mar Elia) Catholic Church on December 12, 2014 in Erbil, Iraq. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
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(Screenshot from NASA World Wind)
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The new Ak Saray presidential palace (White Palace) on the outskirts of Ankara on October 29, 2014. (ADEM ALTAN/AFP/Getty Images)
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A pro-Palestinian demonstrator holds up a burning Israeli flag on the Republique square in Paris on July 26, 2014. (KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP/Getty Images)
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James Barnett
Research Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
