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Bucket-wheel excavators mine rare earth materials on Ukrainian soil on February 25, 2025, in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine. (Kostiantyn Liberov via Getty Images)
Terrorism
Terrorism
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New York Times Photographer Tyler Hicks (2ndR) takes pictures of Palestinians in Gaza City on July 16, 2014. (THOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images)
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Peshmerga fighters inspect the remains of a car bearing an image of the trademark jihadist flag, north of Mosul, August 18, 2014. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)
Commentary
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Graffiti with the first letter of the world 'Nasara', the word used in the Koran for Christians, and 'Real estate property of the Islamic State (IS)' in Arabic, on a church in Mosul, July 26, 2014. (AFP/Getty Images)
Commentary
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Palestinian supporters of Hamas shout anti-Israeli slogans during a demonstration in the West Bank city of Nablus on August 4, 2014. (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP/Getty Images)
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Iraqi Yazidi women who fled the violence in the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar sit in the Kurdish city of Dohuk on August 5, 2014. (SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images)
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A Palestinian man looks out over destruction in part of Gaza City's al-Tufah neighbourhood as the fragile ceasefire in the Gaza Strip entered a second day on August 6, 2014. (MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images)
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An Iraqi Christian fleeing the violence in the towns of Qaraqush and Bartala prays at the Saint George church on July 1, 2014 in Arbil.(KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images)
Experts
David Asher
Senior Fellow
Ezra Cohen
Adjunct Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
