Middle East

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Dome of the rock and wailing wall in Jerusalem, Israel
Iran's heavy water production facility, October 27, 2004, Arak, Iran. (Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)
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Iran's heavy water production facility, October 27, 2004, Arak, Iran. (Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)
Commentary
Peter Rough Hudson Institute
Peter Rough Hudson Institute
Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia
5 Min Read
Iranian Revolutionary Guards march during a parade commemorating the 31st anniversary of Iran-Iraq war on September 22, 2011 in Tehran, Iran. (Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images)
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Iranian Revolutionary Guards march during a parade commemorating the 31st anniversary of Iran-Iraq war on September 22, 2011 in Tehran, Iran. (Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images)
Commentary
Lee Smith
Former Senior Fellow
Lee Smith
2 Min Read
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (R) and the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi (L), July 15, 2015, (ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)
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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (R) and the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi (L), July 15, 2015, (ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)
Commentary
Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Islam, Democracy, and the Future of the Muslim World
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lewis-libby
Lewis Libby
Former Senior Vice President
Hillel Fradkin & Lewis Libby
5 Min Read
Lebanese protesters clash with security forces during a demonstration against the ongoing trash crisis in Beirut, August 22, 2015. (ANWAR AMRO/AFP/Getty Images)
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Lebanese protesters clash with security forces during a demonstration against the ongoing trash crisis in Beirut, August 22, 2015. (ANWAR AMRO/AFP/Getty Images)
Commentary
Lee Smith
Former Senior Fellow
Lee Smith
6 Min Read
Smoke billows in Egypt's North Sinai on July 2, 2015. At least 70 people, mostly Egyptian soldiers but also civilians, were killed in attacks and ongoing clashes with Islamic State group jihadists.(SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images)
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Smoke billows in Egypt's North Sinai on July 2, 2015. At least 70 people, mostly Egyptian soldiers but also civilians, were killed in attacks and ongoing clashes with Islamic State group jihadists.(SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images)
Reports
Mokhtar Awad
Research Fellow, George Washington University's Program on Extremism
Samuel Tadros
Former Senior Fellow
Mokhtar Awad & Samuel Tadros
Long Read
Members of the Egyptian Muslim brotherhood gather in front the party's headquarters in Cairo on March 22, 2013. (KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images)
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Members of the Egyptian Muslim brotherhood gather in front the party's headquarters in Cairo on March 22, 2013. (KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images)
Commentary
Samuel Tadros
Former Senior Fellow
Samuel Tadros
Long Read
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