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USS Jason Dunham and ENS Alexandria conduct exercises during the International Maritime Exercise in Red Sea in February. Reuters
USS Jason Dunham and ENS Alexandria conduct exercises during the International Maritime Exercise in Red Sea in February. Reuters
Has the US really withdrawn from the Middle East?
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Dr Paul Sullivan is a non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and senior research associate at the King Faisal Centre for Research and Islamic Studies
29 December, 2022