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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)
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The Coptic church in Amman, Jordan, on February 18, 2015. (Salah Malkawi/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers a speech on the nuclear agreement with Iran at the National Constitution Center September 2, 2015 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. U.S. (Mark Makela/Getty Images)
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Map of Sykes–Picot Agreement showing Eastern Turkey in Asia, Syria and Western Persia, and areas of control and influence agreed between the British and the French, Royal Geographical Society. (Wikimedia)
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