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Munther Alaskry sits in the lobby of his New York hotel as his son Hassan naps behind him on a couch, Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. Alaskry and his family arrived at New York's Kennedy Airport after the Trump administration reversed course and said he and other interpreters who supported the U.S. military could come to America. They spent nearly a week in limbo in Baghdad, thinking their hopes of starting a new life free from death threats had been shattered.(AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Iraqi ‘speechless’ after 7-year-wait to get into US

By JULIE WATSON and FRANK ELTMAN - Associated Press

An Iraqi businessman Nazar al-Hamadani shows a phone picture of his Visa to United States during an interview with the Associated Press in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 30, 2017. Iraqis say they are shocked and disappointed with President Donald Trump's order that bans citizens of Muslim-majority countries, including Iraq, from entering United States. (AP Photo/ Ali Abdul Hassan)

Iraqi lawmakers urge ban on Americans after Trump order

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and MUHANAD AL-SALEH - Associated Press

An Iraqi special forces soldier clutches his weapon as he prepares for an offensive to retake Mosul from Islamic State militants at a camp near Khazer, Iraq, on Friday, Oct. 14, 2016. The US-led coalition says they are increasing airstrikes in and around the militant-held city of Mosul as Iraqi ground forces are building up ahead of a planned operation to retake the city. (AP Photo/Adam Schreck)

Iraq’s Shiite militias join Mosul push; bombs rock Baghdad

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and BRIAN ROHAN - Associated Press

Smoke rises as Iraq's elite counterterrorism forces attack Islamic State positions, in the village of Tob Zawa, outside Mosul, Monday, Oct. 24, 2016. A convoy of special forces advanced toward the village of Tob Zawa, Monday, encountering roadside bombs and trading heavy fire with the militants. Loudspeakers on the Humvees blared Iraqi patriotic music as they pushed toward the village. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Turkish-trained militias in the fight for Mosul, U.S. eyes larger role for country in Iraq

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Displaced people walk on a road in the village of Al Hut, some 40 kilometers south of Mosul, Iraq, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. The U.N. says it is closely monitoring the Mosul operation and the treatment of internally displaced civilians, or IDPs. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)

U.N. preparing for possible chemical attack in Iraq’s Mosul

By Joseph Krauss and Qassim Abdul-Zahra - Associated Press

clouded: Islamic State fighters have ignited oil wells outside Mosul to create a smokescreen for U.S.-backed Iraqi and Kurdish forces. A successful liberation of Iraq's second-largest city would bolster President Obama's legacy of leading from behind. (Associated Press)

Obama hoping for quick Mosul victory to validate ISIS strategy, boost Hillary Clinton

By Carlo Muñoz and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Smoke rises from Islamic state positions after an airstrike by coalition forces in Mosul, Iraq, on Tuesday. (Associated Press)

Mosul offensive heats up amid doubts about Iraq’s viability as a unified nation

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Kurdish security forces take position overlooking the Islamic State-controlled villages surrounding Mosul on Monday, the beginning of what Pentagon officials say could be a drawn-out operation to liberate Iraq's second-largest city from Islamic State control. (Associated Press)

Mosul offensive against ISIS ‘ahead of schedule,’ but fears of wider regional war mount

By Carlo Muñoz and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

U.S. soldiers (left) participate in a training mission with Iraqi army soldiers outside Baghdad on May 27, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

The Latest: New Zealand makes donation for Mosul victims

Associated Press

In this Sept. 11, 2016 photo, militiamen loyal to former Nineveh governor Atheel al-Nujaifi train at their camp near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. Having received training from Turkish military advisers, hundreds of Nujaifi's mainly Sunni fighters are preparing to take part in the upcoming liberation of Mosul, the Islamic State's last urban stronghold in Iraq. (AP Photo/Balint Szlanko)

Presence of Turkish troops in northern Iraq angers Baghdad

By SUSANNAH GEORGE and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Associated Press

Iraqi and U.S. forces say the joint military campaign to retake Mosul from the Islamic State terror group is all but imminent. (Associated Press)

U.S., Iraqi forces in ‘final rehearsal’ for campaign to retake Mosul from ISIS

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Iraqi municipality workers clean the scene of a suicide attack in Baghdad's western Eskan neighborhood, Iraq, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016. A suicide bomber killed several people who were setting up tents on Sunday ahead of a major Shiite religious observance next month, officials said. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Iraq: Suicide attack in Baghdad kills at least 9 civilians

By Sinan Salaheddin - Associated Press

Confusion remains amid sectarian, ethnic and religious rivalries as to who will take control of Mosul after Iraqi and American forces liberate the city from Islamic State. (Associated Press)

Mosul campaign crucial in ISIS fight with Obama set to leave behind unfinished war

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this Sunday, July 3, 2016, file photo, Iraqi firefighters and civilians gather at the site after a truck bombing by Islamic State militants at a commercial area in Karradah neighborhood, Baghdad, Iraq. Most of the deaths in this attack resulted not from the blast itself, but from the ensuing inferno, fed by a tinderbox of shops in two malls filled with clothes and oil-based perfumes for sale and lined with flammable panels. It was all worsened by a slow response by firefighters, building code violations — and a lack of water. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)

No exit: Safety failures turned Baghdad bombing into inferno

By Hamza Hendawi and Sinan Salaheddin - Associated Press

Visiting U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, left, shakes hands with Iraqi Defense Minister Khaled al-Obeidi at the Ministry of Defense, Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, July 11, 2016. (AP Photo)

Campaign for Mosul in Iraq to get 560 more U.S. troops

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter, second left, is welcomed by Deputy Prime Minister of the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) Qubad Talabani, left, on arrival in Irbil, northern Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015. Carter is visiting with Kurdish president Massoud Barzani as well as U.S. troops to discuss the fight against the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Seivan M.Salim)

Ashton Carter announces 560 more U.S. troops to Iraq

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

A candlelight vigil is held at the site of the Karada attack in Baghdad. The attack was the deadliest to hit the Iraqi capital during the campaign against the Islamic State. (Associated Press)

ISIS unleashes terrorist attacks amid string of battlefield defeats

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Mourners carry the Iraqi flag-draped coffin of, Akram Hadi, 24, in a Sunday massive truck bomb attack in the Karada neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, July 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Iraq: Death toll from weekend Baghdad attack reaches 175

By Sinan Salaheddin - Associated Press

Iraqi Muslims pray at a mosque in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

After IS defeat, Fallujah victory takes on sectarian tones

By SUSANNAH GEORGE - Associated Press

Iraqi security forces patrol after defeating Islamic State militants in Fallujah, Iraq, Sunday, June 26, 2016. A senior Iraqi commander said the city of Fallujah was "fully liberated" from Islamic State militants on Sunday, (AP Photo)

Fallujah fully liberated from ISIS group, Iraqi commander says

By Sinan Salaheddin and Susannah George - Associated Press