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In this photo provided by the Sadr Media Office, Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, left, greets Shiite leader Ammar al-Hakim on his arrival for their meeting in Baghdad, Iraq, early Tuesday, May 22, 2018. (Sadr Media Office via AP)

U.S. opens backchannel to Sadr coalition in Iraq

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Brig. Gen. Yahya Rasool Abdullah, an Iraqi joint command spokesman, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, March 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim) ** FILE **

U.S. warplanes take out ISIS sleeper cell in Iraq

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr gives a speech to his followers on March, 27, 2016 before entering the highly fortified Green Zone, in Baghdad, Iraq. Al-Sadr, who led punishing attacks on American forces after the 2003 U.S.-led overthrow of Saddam Hussein, appears set to secure the most significant victory of his political career with a strong showing in the May 12 parliamentary election. Al-Sadr gained popularity as a nationalist voice campaigning against corruption and against Irans influence in the country. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim, File)

Muqtada al-Sadr, Iraqi Shiite militia leader, election kingmaker in Baghdad

By Tamara Emad and Gilgamesh Nabeel and Jacob Wirtschafter — Special to The Washington Times

An Iraqi woman shows her ink-stained finger after casting her vote in the country's parliamentary elections in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, May 12, 2018. Polls opened across Iraq on Saturday in the first national election since the declaration of victory over the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Polls close across Iraq in first vote since victory over ISIS

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Philip Issa - Associated Press

Iraqi soldiers prepare to cast their votes in early voting for Iraq's security forces, prisoners and hospital patients ahead of Saturday's national parliamentary elections, in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, May 10, 2018. The vote will be the first since Iraq declared victory over the Islamic State group and the fourth since the 2003 U.S.-led toppling of Saddam Hussein. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Iraqi election: Shiite split could check Iran’s influence

By Tamara Emad and Gilgamesh Nabeel — Special to The Washington Times

Iraq Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi attends a conference at the One Planet Summit, in Boulogne-Billancourt, near Paris, France, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) ** FILE **

Iraqi parliament demands timeline for U.S. troop pullout

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 20, 2017, file photo, U.S. Army soldiers stands next to a guided-missile launcher, a few miles from the frontline, in the village of Abu Ghaddur, east of Tal Afar, Iraq. American troops have started to draw down from Iraq following Baghdad’s declaration of victory over the Islamic State group last year, according to western contractors at a U.S.-led coalition base in Iraq. (AP Photo/Balint Szlanko, File)

U.S. starts Iraq drawdown after declaration of victory over ISIS

By Susannah George and Qassim Abdul-Zahra - Associated Press

Trial set for man accused of making bomb parts for jihadists

By JACQUES BILLEAUD - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2017 file photo, thousands attend the state funeral of Mohsen Hojaji, a young Revolutionary Guard soldier beheaded in Syria by the Islamic State group, in Tehran, Iran. The protests that broke out in late Dec. 2017 across Iran predominantly involve economic issues, but demonstrators also say the government is sending its young men to fight and die in Syria and spending billions of dollars on the military when it should be focused on providing jobs in Iran and controlling the rising cost of living. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

Full-fledged ISIS insurgency still in doubt, says top U.S. commander

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Map locates eight quakes along Iran-Iraq border; 2c x 3 1/2 inches; 96.3 mm x 88 mm;

8 earthquakes strike along Iran-Iraq border, rattle Baghdad

By Amir Vahdat and Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Islamic State terrorists are gone, but Mosul is now filled with destroyed residential and commercial buildings. Faisal Jeber, director of Gilgamesh Center for Antiquities and Heritage Protection, said 30 percent to 50 percent of Mosul's historic Old City has been destroyed. (Wadood Sarmad)

Mosul war recovery threatens historic architecture

By Gilgamesh Nabeel and Jacob Wirtschafter - Special to The Washington Times

Smoke rises while Iraqi security forces and local tribal fighters attack Rawah, 175 miles (281 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. Iraqi forces backed by the U.S.-led coalition retook the last town in the country that was held by the Islamic State group, more than three years after the militants stormed nearly a third of Iraq's territory, the Defense Ministry said. (AP Photo/Osama Sami) ** FILE **

Pentagon: 801 civilians killed in coalition airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq and Syria

Associated Press

In this Monday, Nov. 6, 2017 photo, U.S. Marines build a military site during a sandstorm in western Anbar, Iraq. The US-led coalition's newest outpost in the fight against the Islamic State group is in this dusty corner of western Iraq near the border with Syria where several hundred American Marines operate close to the battlefront, a key factor in the recent series of swift victories against the extremists. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

As caliphate crumbles, US builds outposts in western Iraq

By SUSANNAH GEORGE - Associated Press

Iraqi Vice President Osama al-Nujaifi denied claims he was lobbying the U.S. for military support for Iraq's Sunnis. (Associated Press)

Iraqi vice president warns of growing power of Iran-backed militias

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Violence has broken out in the border areas between Iraqi and Kurdish forces, with tensions high after the Kurds' failed attempt to form their own country. U.S. officials say Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson has been working to defuse the situation. (Associated press)

Iraqi-Kurd feud escalates, but U.S. hopes to defuse tensions

By Guy Taylor and Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Kurdish security forces stand guard in their defensive positions in Altun Kupri, outskirts of Irbil, Iraq, Thursday Oct. 19. 2017. A Baghdad court issued an arrest warrant for Kosrat Rasul, the vice president of Iraq's autonomous northern Kurdish region on Thursday for saying that Iraqi forces had "occupied" the disputed province of Kirkuk this week. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Iraqi Kurds end independence bid amid U.S., Baghdad pressure

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Iraqi federal and Kurdish forces exchanged fire at their shared border on Friday, capping a dramatic week of maneuvers. (Associated Press/File)

Iraq’s post-ISIS sectarian fights pose U.S. challenge

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Kurdish security forces stand guard in Alton Kupri, on the outskirts of Irbil, Iraq, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017. Kurdish media said Thursday that Iraqi Kurdish officials have postponed elections for parliament and president of the autonomous region originally slated for November 1, in the wake of the withdrawal of Kurdish forces from disputed regions across northern and eastern Iraq. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Iraqi court issues arrest warrant for Kurdish vice president

By BALINT SZLANKO and PHILIP ISSA - Associated Press

Illustration on the strategic importance of an independent Kurdistan by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Kurdistan can still be independent

By James A. Lyons

Saudi carrier launches direct flight to Iraq after 27 years

By AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press