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Ilter Turan, a professor of international relations at Istanbul Bilgi University, receives an interview with Xinhua in Turkey, March 13, 2018. On the surface, the United States has often portrayed itself as a peace broker in the volatile Middle East, which has long suffered chaos, violence and conflicts. Such peaceful gestures could be deceiving until one reads the latest report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), which shows the United States is the largest weapons exporter to the Middle East. (Xinhua/Cenk Baklan)
