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A digital display stock index is seen in Lujiazui, China, on March 9, 2026. (Getty Images)
Middle East
Middle East
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Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) sails in support of Operation Epic Fury, March 3, 2026. (US Navy)
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A billboard depicting Iran’s late supreme leader standing behind an Iranian soldier with a caption in Arabic reading "a martyr leads the battlefield" in western Baghdad on March 18, 2026. (Getty Images)
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(Screenshot via Fox News)
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A fireball rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted an area in Beirut's southern suburbs overnight March 10 to 11, 2026. (Getty Images)
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(School of War)
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A US Air Force F-16E Fighting Falcon aircraft refuels during Operation Epic Fury, March 2, 2026. (US Air Force)
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A US Air Force Pilot taxis an F-22 Raptor at a base in the Middle East during Operation Epic Fury, March 15, 2026. (US Air Force )
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An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter delivers cargo to the flight deck of USS Gerald R. Ford while underway during Operation Epic Fury, March 9, 2026. (US Navy)
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Experts
James Barnett
Research Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
