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Middle East
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![Dome of the rock and wailing wall in Jerusalem, Israel](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2022-09/GettyImages-964322666.jpg?h=b2774bcf&itok=8LR2ZEhQ)
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Iranians chant slogans during a demonstration in Tehran on May 29, 2015. ( ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)
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![An Egyptian Christian mourns following a New Year's Eve car bomb attack on the Coptic church in Alexandria in which 21 people were killed, on January 2, 2011 outside the Al-Qiddissine (The Saints) church. (MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/11318/feature_2015_05_25_gilbert.jpg?h=ae002e9f&itok=LBsfjWF3)
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An Egyptian Christian mourns following a New Year's Eve car bomb attack on the Coptic church in Alexandria in which 21 people were killed, on January 2, 2011 outside the Al-Qiddissine (The Saints) church. (MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images)
![Screenshot of ISIS fighters destroying artifacts](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/11311/feature_2015_05_20_khader.png?h=ae002e9f&itok=8wt7thIg)
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Screenshot of ISIS fighters destroying artifacts
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In the Media
![A damaged painting of Jesus Christ on the ground of Syriac Orthodox Um al-Zinar church in Homs, central Syria, May 12, 2014. (JOSEPH EID/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/11301/feature_2015_05_15_mead.jpg?h=ae002e9f&itok=PswQcqYE)
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A damaged painting of Jesus Christ on the ground of Syriac Orthodox Um al-Zinar church in Homs, central Syria, May 12, 2014. (JOSEPH EID/AFP/Getty Images)
Commentary
![US President Barack Obama (C-L) is greeted by then-Saudi Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud (C-R) upon his arrival at Rawdat Khurayim on March 28, 2014. (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/11296/feature_2015_05_14_fradkin_libby.jpg?h=ae002e9f&itok=YwFl8CUT)
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US President Barack Obama (C-L) is greeted by then-Saudi Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud (C-R) upon his arrival at Rawdat Khurayim on March 28, 2014. (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
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![Dr. Mohammad Javad Zarif, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iran, addresses the 2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons April 27, 2015 at the UN, New York. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/11289/feature_2015_05_12_heinrichs.jpg?h=ae002e9f&itok=kEIMfxl2)
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Dr. Mohammad Javad Zarif, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iran, addresses the 2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons April 27, 2015 at the UN, New York. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
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