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Iranian workers walk past a destroyed residential building due to Israeli attacks in Tehran, Iran, on June 13, 2025. (Morteza Nikoubazl via Getty Images)
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey, meets German Foreign Minister on September 05, 2018 in Ankara, Turkey. (Inga Kjer/Getty Images)
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Afghan security forces gather at the site of a powerful truck bomb attack (claimed by the Taliban) a day after it detonated near a foreign compound in Kabul on January 15, 2019. (WAKIL KOHSAR/AGetty Images)
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Cargo is unloaded from a Russian AN-124 cargo plane transporting parts of the S-400 air defence system from Russia, after it landed at Murted Airfield on July 12, 2019 in Ankara, Turkey. (Mustafa Kirazli/Getty Images)
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An Egyptian protester raises flags during the clashes between Egyptian police and protesters after declaring the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist group in Alf Maskan district of Cairo, Egypt, December 27, 2013. (Getty Images)
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Qatar Airways' first Airbus A380 is seen during a ceremony at Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar on September 18, 2014. (Getty Images)
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A rally held in Tehran on February 11, 2010 to mark the 31st anniversary of the revolution. (Getty Images)
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U.S. President George W. Bush (R) and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert speak during a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House November 24, 2008 in Washington, DC. (Martin H. Simon-Pool/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
