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![Omani Foreign Minister Yussef bin Alawi bin Abdullah attends the 9th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Regional Security Summit in the Bahraini capital Manama on December 7, 2013. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/iran/454093099.jpg?itok=_6ZtYYS7 "Omani Foreign Minister Yussef bin Alawi bin Abdullah attends the 9th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Regional Security Summit in the Bahraini capital Manama on December 7, 2013. [AFP]")
![US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel speaks during the 9th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Regional Security Summit in the Bahraini capital Manama on December 7, 2013. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/iran/454079055.jpg?itok=8BE4Zn-Y "US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel speaks during the 9th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Regional Security Summit in the Bahraini capital Manama on December 7, 2013. [AFP]")
![Hagel urges Egypt to show its efforts in peacekeeping during the constitutional transition. [theiranproject]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Egypt/Hagel-Sisi.jpg?itok=azFxCH2x "Hagel urges Egypt to show its efforts in peacekeeping during the constitutional transition. [theiranproject]")
