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Armed supporters of President Trump chant during a protest on January 6, 2021 in Salem, Oregon. (Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

Jan. 6 and the rise of "Vanilla ISIS"

Chauncey DeVega
Gamal Abdel Nasser; Anwar el-Sadat (Getty)

Egypt's decline, and ours

Steven A. Cook
Donald Trump; King Salman (AP/Evan Vucci)

Trump and the Saudis: Same old

Steven A. Cook
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (AP/Mohamed El-Shahed)

Egypt goes from bad to worse

Steven A. Cook
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Donald Trump; Derek Harvey; Michael Flynn (Getty/Aude Guerrucci/Mark Wilson/Mandel Ngan)

Our man in the Middle East

Steven A. Cook
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP)

From enemies to friends?

Elias Isquith
Grover Norquist (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Conservative civil war

Luke Brinker
Thomas McInerney (YouTube screenshot)

Old wingnut conspiracy returns

Luke Brinker
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