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A see-off ceremony for newly recruited soldiers is held on September 16, 2025, in Fuyang, China. (Getty Images)
Middle East
Middle East
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In the Media
In the Media
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A woman and child run through the smoke after an air-strike staged by Syrian regime forces in Duma district, Damascus, Syria on September 28, 2015. (Mohammed Khair/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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United States Secretary of State John Kerry poses with Foreign Affairs Minister of Iran Javad Zarif during a bilateral talk at the United Nations headquarters on September 26, 2015, at the United Nations in New York. (DOMINICK REUTER/AFP/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
