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A flag of the United Nations flies at the United Nations Offices in Geneva on August 14, 2025. (Getty Images)
Middle East
Middle East
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Israel's Iron Dome missile defence system intercepts rockets fired by the Hamas movement from Gaza city towards Israel early on May 16, 2021 (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED/AFP via Getty Images)
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Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah (Photo by Iranian Supreme Leader Press Office / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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People wait for the bus on a street in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv on April 18, 2021 (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)
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Iranian flag waving with city skyline on background in Tehran, Iran (Getty Images)
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Dezful medium range ballistic missile and Zolfaghar road-mobile single-stage solid-propelled liquid fueled missile in the Azadi square (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Afghan Commando beneath an Afghan national flag in Shindand Military Base, Herat province (Photo by Franz J. Marty/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Experts
James Barnett
Research Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
