Middle East
Middle East
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A man praying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Israel. (Jake Warga via Getty Images)
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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with China's Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on June 19, 2023. (Department of State via Flickr)
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An AFPTV cameraman films while smoke plumes billow during Israeli air strikes in Gaza City on October 12, 2023. (Photo by Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images)
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A Chinese Coast Guard vessel collides with a Philippine supply boat near the Second Thomas Shoal, part of the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone, on October 23, 2023. (Screenshot of China Coast Guard video via Reuters)
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An Israeli soldier displays military equipment and ammunition that Hamas and Palestinans militants used at the time of the attack on the Israeli south border with the Gaza Strip on October 20, 2023, in Kiryat Malakhi, Israel. (Amir Levy via Getty Images)
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Iranian flag waving with city skyline on background in Tehran, Iran. (Sir Francis Canker Photography via Getty Images)
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Tigray People's Liberation Front fighters prepare to leave for another field at Tigray Martyr's Memorial Monument Center in Mekele, Ethiopia, on June 30, 2021. (Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images)
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Vehicles drive past an anti-Israel urban artwork constructed and implemented by the municipality of Tehran in downtown Tehran on October 12, 2023. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Experts
James Barnett
Research Fellow
Josh Block
Adjunct Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Douglas J. Feith
Senior Fellow
