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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on June 22, 2025. (Andrew Harnik via Getty Images)
Middle East
Middle East
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A ferry navigates the Bosphorus Strait in front of a Turkish flag and the Suleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey. (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)
Experts
James Barnett
Research Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Douglas J. Feith
Senior Fellow
