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The United States and United Nations flags. (Getty Images)
Terrorism
Terrorism
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Soldiers guard the prison entrance at the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) in Tecoluca, El Salvador, on April 4, 2025. (Alex Pena via Getty Images)
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A destroyed aircraft at Khartoum International Airport in Sudan is seen on April 17, 2025, after the Sudanese Armed Forces took control of the airport from the Rapid Support Forces. (Getty Images)
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Houthi fighters brandish their weapons during a march in solidarity with the Palestinian people in the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa on January 11, 2024. (Mohammed Huwais/AFP via Getty Images)
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Brahim Ghali, president of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) salutes the SADR flag on January 13, 2023. (Getty Images)
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Ahmad Massoud, leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan, in Strasbourg, France, on October 4, 2023. (Getty Images)
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud walk away after a photoshoot at the US Department of State, in Washington, DC, on April 9, 2025. (Photo by Andrew Thomas/Middle East Images via AFP)
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Masked Palestinian youths dressed as suicide bombers carry Hamas flags and a makeshift Qassam rocket during a rally organized by Hamas, in the West Bank City of Ramallah, on September 22, 2005 (Jamal Aruri/AFP via Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump shakes hands with US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff on February 11, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Al Drago via Getty Images)
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Yemenis brandish rifles and chant during a demonstration called for by the rebel Houthi movement in Sanaa on March 17, 2025. (Mohammed Huwais / AFP via Getty Images)
Experts
David Asher
Senior Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Garrett Exner
Adjunct Fellow
