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Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin attend their bilateral meeting at the G20 Osaka Summit in Osaka, Japan, on June 28, 2019. (Mikhail Svetlov via Getty Images)
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Turkish soldiers on a tank sit opposite the town of Ain al-Arab, Syria, on October 11, 2014. (Aris Messinis via Getty Images)
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Israeli soldiers receive a briefing near the border with the Gaza Strip on December 5, 2024, in Southern Israel. (Amir Levy via Getty Images)
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A poison hazard danger sign is seen in the town of Khan Shaykun, Syria, on April 5, 2017. (Ogun Duru/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, the leader of Syria's Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group, is welcomed by supporters at the capital's landmark Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria, on December 8, 2024. (Abdulaziz Ketaz/AFP via Getty Images)
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A member of the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service raises the victory gesture as others hold upside-down the black flag of the Islamic State in Mosul, Iraq, on June 30, 2017. (Fadel Senna/AFP via Getty Images)
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An anti-government fighter tears down a picture of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo, Syria, on November 30. (Mohammed al-Rifai via Getty Images)
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James Barnett
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Josh Block
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Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Douglas J. Feith
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