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An aerial view of a container ship arriving at the Port of Oakland on October 10, 2025, in Oakland, California. (Getty Images)
Middle East
Middle East
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Palestinian supporters of Hamas shout anti-Israeli slogans during a demonstration in the West Bank city of Nablus on August 4, 2014. (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP/Getty Images)
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Iraqi Yazidi women who fled the violence in the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar sit in the Kurdish city of Dohuk on August 5, 2014. (SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images)
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A Palestinian man looks out over destruction in part of Gaza City's al-Tufah neighbourhood as the fragile ceasefire in the Gaza Strip entered a second day on August 6, 2014. (MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images)
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An Iraqi Christian fleeing the violence in the towns of Qaraqush and Bartala prays at the Saint George church on July 1, 2014 in Arbil.(KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images)
In the Media
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A tunnel built underground by Hamas militants leading from the Gaza Strip into Southern Israel, seen on August 4, 2014 near the Israeli Gaza border. (Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images)
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Libyans take part in a demonstration in the capital Tripoli on July 31, 2014, calling for international intervention to protect civilians. (MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP/Getty Images)
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Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki (L) and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani shake hands during a meeting in Tehran held by the Palestine Committee of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) on August 4, 2014. (ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)
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Israeli navy vessels patrolling the Mediterranean Sea, July 9, 2014. (JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images)
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Syrians hold pictures of re-elected Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus after Assad was announced as the winner of the country's presidential elections on June 4, 2014. (JOSEPH EID/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
