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The United States and United Nations flags. (Getty Images)
Middle East
Middle East
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U.S. President Barack Obama speaks about the Iran nuclear agreement August 5, 2015 at American University in Washington, DC. (Pete Marovich-Pool/Getty Images)
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An Iraqi woman displaced from the city of Fallujah carries a child at a newly opened camp where hundreds of displaced Iraqis are taking shelter in Amriyat al-Fallujah on June 27, 2016, south of Fallujah. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a joint press conference with the Israeli prime minister in Jerusalem on June 28, 2016. (RONEN ZVULUN/AFP/Getty Images)
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the members of the European Parliament during his official visit in Brussels, Belgium on June 23, 2016. (Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
In the Media
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Bouthaina Shaaban, political and media adviser to the Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, speaks via Skype during a press conference on June 2, 2016 at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)
Experts
James Barnett
Research Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
