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Riot police fire rubber bullets against the anti-government protesters, during ongoing protests against the political elites who have ruled the country for decades, in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020. Lebanese security forces used tear gas, water cannons and rubber bullets in clashes with hundreds of anti-government protesters outside the country's Parliament on Sunday, as violence continued to escalate in a week of rioting in the capital. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Violent unrest grips Beirut as 'week of rage' escalates

A fighter loyal to Yemen's Huthi rebels holds a Kalashnikov assault rifle as he stands guard during a rally, September 10, 2019.

80 soldiers killed by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen

Iraqi and US soldier watch look on at the start of the Lion's Leap Operation, a joint US-Iraqi service exercise to demonstrate the Iraqi Security Forces' ability to provide for the security of the Iraqi people and maintain stability throughout the region on April 18, 2011, in Basmaya base, south of Baghdad. The operation which will continue for the next ten days in different regions of Iraq will consist of Iraqi troops on the ground and US F-16 fighter planes in the air. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images)

The US operation in Iraq could come to an embarrassing end. Iran's power will only grow

A protester kicks a tear gas canister that was fired towards them by Lebanese riot police during an anti-government protest at a road leading to the parliament building in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020. Riot police fired tears gas and sprayed protesters with water cannons near parliament building to disperse thousands of people after riots broke out during a march against the ruling elite amid a severe economic crisis. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)