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  <title><![CDATA[Looking back at the Middle East’s 2019: Surprises from Trump, Saudi power moves, protests and more]]></title>
  <body><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://inta.gatech.edu/people/person/jenna-jordan">Jenna Jordan</a>, associate professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, was cited in <em>The Washington Post</em> article, &quot;Looking back at the Middle East&rsquo;s 2019: Surprises from Trump, Saudi power moves, protests and more.&quot;</p>

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<p>During an October raid by U.S. Special Operations forces in Syria, Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi &mdash; one of the most wanted terrorists in the world &mdash; killed himself by setting off a suicide bomb. But what did the raid achieve? &ldquo;The caliphate may be weakened,&rdquo; wrote&nbsp;<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/11/05/death-baghdadi-isnt-end-isis/?tid=lk_inline_manual_31">Jenna Jordan</a>, &ldquo;But Baghdadi created a highly resilient bureaucratic organizational structure capable of withstanding the loss of leaders.&rdquo;</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/12/29/looking-back-middle-easts-surprises-trump-saudi-power-moves-protests-more/">Find the full article on <em>The Washington Post</em>.</a>&nbsp;</p>
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