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A photo shows US and Israeli flags projected on the historic walls of the Old City near Hebron Gate in Jerusalem on June 22, 2025. (Getty Images)
Middle East
Middle East
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Islamic State fighter waving a flag while standing on a captured government fighter jet in Raqqa, Syria, 2015. (Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)
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US actor Bill Murray (C) salutes the audiences during the 15th Marrakesh international film festival in Marrakesh, Morocco on December 4, 2015. (Jalal Morchidi/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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Commentary
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Russian President Vladimir Putin enters the Federal Assembly in Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow on December 3, 2015. (Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images
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U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a joint press conference in the White House, November 24, 2015. (Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
Experts
James Barnett
Research Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
