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An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (US Space Force)
Middle East
Middle East
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Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammad bin Salman speaks to Defense Secretary Jim Mattis at the Pentagon, March 16, 2017 (U.S. Department of Defense)
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Saudi King Salman meeting with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, June 2, 2017 (Bandar Algaloud/Saudi Royal Council /Handout/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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United States Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel (Krokodyl)
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President Trump and King Salman of Saudi Arabia sign a Joint Strategic Vision Statement in Riyadh, May 20, 2017 (Whitehouse.gov)
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Burnt out Egyptian aircraft at El-Arish base in Sinai after a pre-emptive attack by Israelis during the Six-Day War (Terry Fincher/Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump arrive at Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, to attend the G7 summit, May 25, 2017 (U.S. Marine Corps)
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Mourners carry a large cross during a funeral procession on April 10, 2017 at the Monastery of Marmina in the city of Borg El-Arab, for the victims of the blast at the Coptic Christian Saint Mark's church in Alexandria the previous day (MOHAMED EL-SHAHED)
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Secretary-General of Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah live broadcasts during a commemoration event for Mustafa Badreddine, a soldier of Hezbollah killed in Syria, in Dahieh district of Beirut, Lebanon on May 11, 2017 (Ratib Al Safadi/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
Commentary
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Israel's "Security Fence" is a solid wall along 5% of it's length. 10 meters high and reinforced concrete (Justin McIntosh)
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Relatives of Coptic Christians who were killed during a bus attack, surround their coffins, during their funeral service, at Ava Samuel desert monastery in Minya, Egypt, May 26, 2017 (Ibrahim Ezzat/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Experts
Hillel Fradkin
Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Islam, Democracy, and the Future of the Muslim World
Husain Haqqani
Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia
Bernard Haykel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident), Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Can Kasapoğlu
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
William Luti
Adjunct Fellow
Joel Rayburn
Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Zineb Riboua
Research Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Peter Rough
Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Jonathan Schachter
Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Abram N. Shulsky
Senior Fellow
Mike Watson
Fellow and Deputy Director, Center for Strategy and American Statecraft
Richard Weitz
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis
