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A US infantryman releases a Neros Archer small unmanned aircraft system for a test flight at Fort Irwin in California on October 25, 2025. (US Army)
Middle East
Middle East
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Fourteen members of the Security Council raise their hands in affirmation of Resolution 2334, December 23, 2016 (Albin Lohr-Jones/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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Child cries besides the coffins of his parents, who were killed in the Minya Bus Attack on May 26, 2017 (Ibrahim Ezzat/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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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)
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
