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  • Ballistic missiles, air defense systems, and unmanned aerial vehicles are displayed at Baharestan Square in Tehran as part of Iran's "Sacred Defense Week" and to mark the 45th anniversary of the Iran-Iraq War, which began in 1980 and lasted eight years, on September 27, 2025.
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  • Sailors fuel an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Indian Ocean on January 21, 2026, in this photo provided by the U.S. Navy.
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  • Palestinian residents of Ras Ein al-Auja village, West Bank pack up their belongings and prepare to leave their homes after deciding to flee mounting settler violence, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
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  • Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki leaves after casting his ballot in the parliamentary elections at a polling station in Baghdad on November 11, 2025.
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  • Iranian men speak with each other while standing under the country flags outside the Grand Bazaar in southern Tehran, Iran, on January 27, 2026.
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  • Iranians gather while blocking a street during a protest in Tehran, Iran on January 9, 2026. The nationwide protests started in Tehran's Grand Bazaar against the failing economic policies in late December, which spread to universities and other cities, and included economic slogans, to political and anti-government ones. (Photo by MAHSA / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)
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  • This picture taken on December 11, 2019, shows a view of railroad tracks by a quarry site at the Jubail Industrial City, about 95 kilometres north of Dammam in Saudi Arabia's eastern province overlooking the Gulf. (Photo by GIUSEPPE CACACE / AFP) (Photo by GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP via Getty Images)
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  • Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law, speaks during the Board of Peace signing ceremony at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026.
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  • This aerial photo taken from a helicopter shows al-Asad Air Base in the western Anbar desert of Iraq on December 29, 2019.
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    Iraq announces full withdrawal of US forces from its federal territory
  • Syrian government forces launch a rocket towards Kurdish forces near Dibsi Faraj in the northern Syrian Tabqa area, Raqa province on January 17, 2026. Syria's army took control of swathes of northern Syria and threatened to bomb parts of Raqa province on January 17, after Kurdish forces pulled back from territory they had held for over a decade. The government appeared to be seeking to extend its grip on parts of the country under Kurdish control a day after President Ahmed al-Sharaa issued a decree declaring Kurdish a "national language" and granting the minority official recognition.
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  • Iranian protester Erfan Soltani's feared execution was canceled earlier this week, his family said, with one family member saying the decision was influenced by US involvement.
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  • Syrian army soldiers in their vehicles enter the Deir Hafer town on Saturday.
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    Kurdish forces retreat as government troops advance across northern Syria
  • People cross an intersection in downtown Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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  • U.S. Air Force Airmen inspect a KC-135 Stratotanker during pre-flight checks at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, June 26, 2023. The KC-135 Stratotanker allows air assets to significantly increase flight time and decrease time spent on the ground. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jacob Cabanero)
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    Major Middle East powers urge Trump not to attack Iran as US moves some personnel from key base
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  • In this image provided by the U.S. Air Force, a 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron B-1B Lancer deployed to the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing prepares to taxi on April 13, 2018, and launch a strike mission from Al Udeid AIr Base, Qatar, in support of the multinational response to Syria's recent use of chemical weapons. Two B-1Bs, deployed to Al Udeid AB from Ellsworth AFB, S.D., employed 19 Joint Air to Surface Standoff Missile-Extended Range (JASSM-ER), marking the first combat employment of the weapon.
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  • Why are there mass protests in Iran, and could the US get involved?
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  • Video Anti-government protests spread in Iran as authorities cut communications 2:28
  • Iran faces a pivotal moment. Can a tired regime contain a fresh wave of protests?
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