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The view outside the Four Seasons Hotel in Georgetown where US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are eating dinner at Bourbon Steak on October 6, 2012 in Washington. The night of the first presidential debate between President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney on October 3, was the Obama's 20th wedding anniversary. AFP PHOTO/Brendan SMIALOWSKI (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/GettyImages)
The view outside the Four Seasons Hotel in Georgetown where US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are eating dinner at Bourbon Steak on October 6, 2012 in Washington. The night of the first presidential debate between President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney on October 3, was the Obama's 20th wedding anniversary. AFP PHOTO/Brendan SMIALOWSKI (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/GettyImages)

Yemen Burns, Salman Lives Large

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David Kenner
Lebanese demonstraters take shelter behind a rubbish container during clashes with security forces following a demonstration, organised by the "You Stink" campaign, against the ongoing trash crisis in the capital Beirut on August 22, 2015. Thousands of protesters, including children, gathered to protest the Lebanese government's inability to find a lasting solution to the country's worsening waste problem. AFP PHOTO / STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)
Lebanese demonstraters take shelter behind a rubbish container during clashes with security forces following a demonstration, organised by the "You Stink" campaign, against the ongoing trash crisis in the capital Beirut on August 22, 2015. Thousands of protesters, including children, gathered to protest the Lebanese government's inability to find a lasting solution to the country's worsening waste problem. AFP PHOTO / STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

There’s Something Rotten in Lebanon

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David Kenner
Left wing protesters shout slogans and hold red flag during a demonstration denouncing a police operation against Kurdish militants, on July 24, 2015 at Gazi district in Istanbul. Turkey on July 24 vowed to press on with operations against Islamic State (IS) in Syria and other militant groups, after its war planes bombed the jihadists' positions for the first time. Following the pre-dawn air raids on the IS targets in Syria, Turkish police arrested almost 300 suspected members of IS and pro-Kurdish militant groups nationwide, in one of Turkey's biggest recent crackdowns on extremists. AFP PHOTO/AFP PHOTO/YASIN AKGUL (Photo credit should read YASIN AKGUL/AFP/Getty Images)
Left wing protesters shout slogans and hold red flag during a demonstration denouncing a police operation against Kurdish militants, on July 24, 2015 at Gazi district in Istanbul. Turkey on July 24 vowed to press on with operations against Islamic State (IS) in Syria and other militant groups, after its war planes bombed the jihadists' positions for the first time. Following the pre-dawn air raids on the IS targets in Syria, Turkish police arrested almost 300 suspected members of IS and pro-Kurdish militant groups nationwide, in one of Turkey's biggest recent crackdowns on extremists. AFP PHOTO/AFP PHOTO/YASIN AKGUL (Photo credit should read YASIN AKGUL/AFP/Getty Images)

Turkey’s War Within

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David Kenner
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Turkey Goes to War

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David Kenner
TO GO WITH "SKorea-NKorea-IT-security,FOCUS" by Lim Chang-Won This photo taken on February 14, 2013 shows a young computer expert studying at an internet security training centre of the state-run Korea Information Technology Research Institute (KITRI) in Seoul. The training programme was launched to reflect growing official concern about South Korea's vulnerability to cyber attack in the wake of two major intrusions in 2009 and 2011 blamed on North Korea. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images)
TO GO WITH "SKorea-NKorea-IT-security,FOCUS" by Lim Chang-Won This photo taken on February 14, 2013 shows a young computer expert studying at an internet security training centre of the state-run Korea Information Technology Research Institute (KITRI) in Seoul. The training programme was launched to reflect growing official concern about South Korea's vulnerability to cyber attack in the wake of two major intrusions in 2009 and 2011 blamed on North Korea. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images)

The Invisible (Digital) War

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David Kenner
Member of Liwa (Brigade) Salahadin, a Kurdish military unit fighting along side rebel fighters, monitor the area in the besieged district of Karmel al-Jabl in eastern Aleppo, on December 6, 2012. Protests in Syria's northern city Aleppo against the Free Syrian Army highlight the waning influence of mainstream rebel groups and the rise of more disciplined and better-equipped radical Islamists. AFP PHOTO/JAVIER MANZANO (Photo credit should read Javier Manzano/AFP/Getty Images)
Member of Liwa (Brigade) Salahadin, a Kurdish military unit fighting along side rebel fighters, monitor the area in the besieged district of Karmel al-Jabl in eastern Aleppo, on December 6, 2012. Protests in Syria's northern city Aleppo against the Free Syrian Army highlight the waning influence of mainstream rebel groups and the rise of more disciplined and better-equipped radical Islamists. AFP PHOTO/JAVIER MANZANO (Photo credit should read Javier Manzano/AFP/Getty Images)

Can’t We All Just Get Along and March on Raqqa?

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David Kenner
SANLIURFA, TURKEY - JUNE 15: Free Syrian Army fighters wave their flag as in the northern Syrian town of Tel Abyad as they are pictured from the Turkish border town of Akcakale, in Sanliurfa province, Turkey, June 15, 2015. Members of the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia took positions on the outskirts of the Islamic State stronghold of Tel Abyad. Thousands of Syrians cut through a border fence and crossed over into Turkey on Sunday, fleeing intense fighting in northern Syria between Kurdish fighters and jihadis.According to Turkish security officials 10,000 people to come across from Syria in last two days. (Photo by Gokhan Sahin/Getty Images)
SANLIURFA, TURKEY - JUNE 15: Free Syrian Army fighters wave their flag as in the northern Syrian town of Tel Abyad as they are pictured from the Turkish border town of Akcakale, in Sanliurfa province, Turkey, June 15, 2015. Members of the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia took positions on the outskirts of the Islamic State stronghold of Tel Abyad. Thousands of Syrians cut through a border fence and crossed over into Turkey on Sunday, fleeing intense fighting in northern Syria between Kurdish fighters and jihadis.According to Turkish security officials 10,000 people to come across from Syria in last two days. (Photo by Gokhan Sahin/Getty Images)

Kurdish Forces Seize Key Border Town From the Islamic State

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David Kenner
A woman waves a flag of Turkeys Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) during an election campaign rally on May 31, 2015 at Kazlicesme neighborhood in Istanbul ahead of the June 7 general elections. Turkish police tightened security around Istanbul's Taksim square, on the second anniversary of the mass anti-government protests that rocked the square in 2013. AFP PHOTO/OZAN KOSE (Photo credit should read OZAN KOSE/AFP/Getty Images)
A woman waves a flag of Turkeys Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) during an election campaign rally on May 31, 2015 at Kazlicesme neighborhood in Istanbul ahead of the June 7 general elections. Turkish police tightened security around Istanbul's Taksim square, on the second anniversary of the mass anti-government protests that rocked the square in 2013. AFP PHOTO/OZAN KOSE (Photo credit should read OZAN KOSE/AFP/Getty Images)

Turkey’s Kingmaker Hates Turkey’s King

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David Kenner
Young supporters of pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) hold Kurdish flags as they celebrate the results of the legislative election, in Diyarbakir on June 7, 2015. The HDP easily surpassed the 10 percent barrier needed to send MPs to parliament. Under Turkey's proportional representation system, this means the Turkey's Islamic-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP) will need to form a coalition for the first time since it first came to power in 2002. AFP PHOTO / BULENT KILIC (Photo credit should read BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images)
Young supporters of pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) hold Kurdish flags as they celebrate the results of the legislative election, in Diyarbakir on June 7, 2015. The HDP easily surpassed the 10 percent barrier needed to send MPs to parliament. Under Turkey's proportional representation system, this means the Turkey's Islamic-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP) will need to form a coalition for the first time since it first came to power in 2002. AFP PHOTO / BULENT KILIC (Photo credit should read BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images)

A Body Blow for Turkey’s Ruling Party

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David Kenner
People clash with Turkish police after an explosion which injured several people during a rally by the pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP) on June 5, 2015 in Diyarbakir, two days ahead of legislative polls. The HDP has been targeted by several attacks ahead of June 7 elections and clashes at its rally in the eastern city of Erzurum on june 6 left dozens wounded. AFP PHOTO / ILYAS AKENGIN (Photo credit should read ILYAS AKENGIN/AFP/Getty Images)
People clash with Turkish police after an explosion which injured several people during a rally by the pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP) on June 5, 2015 in Diyarbakir, two days ahead of legislative polls. The HDP has been targeted by several attacks ahead of June 7 elections and clashes at its rally in the eastern city of Erzurum on june 6 left dozens wounded. AFP PHOTO / ILYAS AKENGIN (Photo credit should read ILYAS AKENGIN/AFP/Getty Images)

Bombs at the Rally

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David Kenner
Iraqi fighters from the Badr militia flash the sign for victory in al-Nibaie area, north-west of Baghdad, on May 27, 2015, during an operation aimed at cutting off Islamic State (IS) jihadists in Anbar province before a major offensive to retake the city of Ramadi. Iraqi forces closed in on Ramadi and launched the operation dubbed Labaik ya Hussein", which roughly translates as "We are at your service, Hussein" and refers to one of the most revered imams in Shiite Islam. AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)
Iraqi fighters from the Badr militia flash the sign for victory in al-Nibaie area, north-west of Baghdad, on May 27, 2015, during an operation aimed at cutting off Islamic State (IS) jihadists in Anbar province before a major offensive to retake the city of Ramadi. Iraqi forces closed in on Ramadi and launched the operation dubbed Labaik ya Hussein", which roughly translates as "We are at your service, Hussein" and refers to one of the most revered imams in Shiite Islam. AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)

U.S.: Shiite Fighters in Iraq Are a Necessary, if Unlikely, Ally

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David Kenner, John Hudson
Security forces defend their headquarters against attacks by Islamic State extremists during sand storm in the eastern part of Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, 115 kilometers (70 miles) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, May 14, 2015. Islamic State extremists tend to take advantage of bad weather when they attack Iraqi security forces positions, an Iraqi officer said. (AP Photo)
Security forces defend their headquarters against attacks by Islamic State extremists during sand storm in the eastern part of Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, 115 kilometers (70 miles) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, May 14, 2015. Islamic State extremists tend to take advantage of bad weather when they attack Iraqi security forces positions, an Iraqi officer said. (AP Photo)

The Men Who Would Save Ramadi

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David Kenner
A man carries a young girl who was injured in a reported barrel-bomb attack by government forces on June 3, 2014 in Kallaseh district in the northern city of Aleppo. Some 2,000 civilians, including more than 500 children, have been killed in regime air strikes on rebel-held areas of Aleppo since January, many of them in barrel bomb attacks. AFP PHOTO / BARAA AL-HALABI (Photo credit should read BARAA AL-HALABI/AFP/Getty Images)
A man carries a young girl who was injured in a reported barrel-bomb attack by government forces on June 3, 2014 in Kallaseh district in the northern city of Aleppo. Some 2,000 civilians, including more than 500 children, have been killed in regime air strikes on rebel-held areas of Aleppo since January, many of them in barrel bomb attacks. AFP PHOTO / BARAA AL-HALABI (Photo credit should read BARAA AL-HALABI/AFP/Getty Images)

‘They Were Just Struggling to Breathe’

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David Kenner
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Iran Deal Threatens to Upend a Delicate Balance of Power in the Middle East

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Live Blog: Israel Heads to the Polls, as Bibi Seeks Fourth Term

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Elias Groll, David Kenner
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