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Sudanese army soldiers take part in a military in Khartoum, Sudan, on August 23, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Palestinian militants of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas's armed wing, parade in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, on May 29, 2014. (SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images)
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Syrian Opposition Coalition President Ahmad Jarba speaks during a press conference during the 'Friends of Syria' meeting on May 15, 2014 in London, England. (Matt Dunham - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
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Iran fans prior to the FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 at the Zentralstadion on June 21, 2006 in Leipzig, Germany. (Clive Mason/Getty Images)
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Clerics sit next to a screen showing Dutch priest Frans van der Lugt during a remembrance ceremony for the dead priest in the Sint Nicolaasbasiliek in Amsterdam, on April 11, 2014. (REMKO DE WAAL/AFP/Getty Images)
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A South Sudanese woman in Juba on July 7, 2011 as part of preparations for independence celebrations when South Sudan secedes from the north. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images)
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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest Israel's military offensive against Palestine and Lebanon July 13, 2006 in San Francisco. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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A poster showing Imam Abubakar Shekau, leader of the militant Islamist group Boko Haram, declared wanted by the Nigerian military. (PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP/Getty Images)
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James Barnett
Research Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Douglas J. Feith
Senior Fellow
