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An illustration photo shows the DeepSeek logo displayed on a smartphone in Shanghai, China, on March 27, 2025. (CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)
Middle East
Middle East
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US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (R) in the garden at the Turkish ambassador's residence in Paris, July 26, 2014. (CHARLES DHARAPAK/AFP/Getty Images)
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Iraqi Christians attend Sunday mass at the Virgin Mary Chaldean church in the Karrada neighborhood of the capital Baghdad on July 27, 2014. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)
In the Media
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (R) and US Secretary of State John Kerry meet at the Prime Minister's Office in Baghdad on June 23, 2014. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry departs Washington, July 21, 2014, en route to Egypt (State Department photo).
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Iraqi Christians leave Saint-Joseph church after a mass on July 20, 2014 in Arbil. (SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images)
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Israeli residents and relatives take cover from a rocket attack from Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip in Netivot on July 29, 2014. (GIL COHEN MAGEN/AFP/Getty Images)
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Smoke from rockets fired from Gaza City are seen after being launched toward Israel, on July 15, 2014.(THOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images)
Experts
Hillel Fradkin
Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Islam, Democracy, and the Future of the Muslim World
Husain Haqqani
Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia
Ahmad Hashemi
Research Fellow
Bernard Haykel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident), Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Jonathan Hessen
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Can Kasapo臒lu
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Rania Kisar
Research Fellow
Liel Leibovitz
Senior Fellow
William Luti
Adjunct Fellow
Joel Rayburn
Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Zineb Riboua
Research Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Peter Rough
Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Jonathan Schachter
Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Abram N. Shulsky
Senior Fellow
Mike Watson
Associate Director, Center for the Future of Liberal Society
Richard Weitz
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis
