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A panoramic view of the White House in Washington, DC, on November 4, 2024. (STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Middle East
Middle East
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Displaced Assyrians at the Ibrahim-al Khalil Melkite Greek Catholic church in the Jaramana district on the outskirts of the capital Damascus on March 1, 2015. (LOUAI BESHARA/AFP/Getty Images)
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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)
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Screenshot of ISIS fighters destroying artifacts
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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)
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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)
Experts
James Barnett
Research Fellow
Josh Block
Adjunct Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Douglas J. Feith
Senior Fellow
