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Dome of the rock and wailing wall in Jerusalem, Israel
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (C) Tajikistan's President Emomali Rahmon (R) and Armenia's President Serzh Sarkisian of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) at the Kremlin in Moscow, on May 8, 2014. (SERGEI KARPUKHIN/AFP/Getty Images)
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin (C) Tajikistan's President Emomali Rahmon (R) and Armenia's President Serzh Sarkisian of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) at the Kremlin in Moscow, on May 8, 2014. (SERGEI KARPUKHIN/AFP/Getty Images)
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Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis
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An Iraqi security officer stands guard outside the Church of the Virgin Mary in Bartala, June 15, 2012. (KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images)
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An Iraqi security officer stands guard outside the Church of the Virgin Mary in Bartala, June 15, 2012. (KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images)
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Senior Fellow, Center for Religious Freedom
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