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FILE - In this Friday, June 3, 2016 file photo, Iraqi families displaced during fighting between Iraqi security forces and the Islamic State group, during a military operation to regain control the city, outside an Iraqi army military Camp near Fallujah, Iraq. The U.N. refugee agency says just over 65 million people were displaced worldwide by the end of last year, easily setting a new postwar record, as it warned that European and other rich nations can expect the tide to continue if root causes aren't addressed.(AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed, File)

U.S.-led coalition says only 1/3 of Fallujah cleared of IS

By SUSANNAH GEORGE - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, June 14, 2016, photo, Iraqi soldiers observe the movements of Islamic State militants from a roof during fighting in Fallujah, Iraq. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)

Iraqi special forces enter center of Islamic State-held Fallujah

By Qassim Abdul Zahra - Associated Press

An Iraqi special operations soldier monitors radio traffic in Fallujah, which has been under siege by the Islamic State group for two years. U.S. advisers say major battlefield losses to the militant group could trigger headline-grabbing terrorist attacks during the holy month of Ramadan.

ISIS losing territory, foreign fighters as coalition forces attack on multiple fronts

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Iraqi forces repelled a four-hour attack by the Islamic State group in Fallujah on Tuesday, a day after moving into the southern edges of the militant-held city with the help of U.S.-led coalition airstrikes. This image was posted on a photo sharing website by an Islamic State militant media arm. (Associated Press)

Haider al-Abadi’s political pressures driving Fallujah campaign as much as strategy

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Iraqi security forces, with allied Shiite Popular Mobilization Forces and Sunni tribal fighters, gather ahead of an operation aimed at re-taking the Islamic State-held city of Fallujah, outside Fallujah, Iraq, Sunday, May 29, 2016. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Iraqi forces push into Fallujah as the Islamic State bombings kill 24

By Sinan Salaheddin - Associated Press

Smoke rises from Islamic State group positions after an airstrike by U.S.-led coalition warplanes in Fallujah, as Iraqi security forces and allied Shiite Popular Mobilization Forces and Sunni tribal fighters, take combat positions outside Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 23, 2016. Iraqi government forces on Monday pushed Islamic State militants out of some agricultural areas outside Fallujah as they launched a military offensive to recapture the city from the extremists, officials said. (AP Photo/Rwa Faisal)

Iraqi forces in place for final assault on Fallujah

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this Friday, Sept. 26, 2014 photo, released by the U.S. Air Force, a U.S Air Force KC-10 Extender refuels an F-22 Raptor fighter aircraft prior to strike operations in Syria. The F-22s, making their combat debut, were part of a strike package that was engaging Islamic State group targets in Syria. Washington and its Arab allies opened the air assault against the extremist group on Sept. 23, striking military facilities, training camps, heavy weapons and oil installations. The campaign expands upon the airstrikes the United States has been conducting against the militants in Iraq since early August. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, Russ Scalf )

Baghdad attacks signal shift in tactics by ISIS, U.S. military says

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Citizens gather at the scene after a car bomb explosion at a crowded outdoor market in the Iraqi capital's eastern district of Sadr City, Iraq, Wednesday, May 11, 2016. An explosives-laden car bomb ripped through a commercial area in a predominantly Shiite neighborhood of Baghdad on Wednesday, killing and wounding dozens of civilians, a police official said. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed, File) ** FILE **

Another car bomb at Baghdad market kills 5

Associated Press

Security forces and citizens inspect the scene after a car bomb explosion at a crowded outdoor market in the Iraqi capital's eastern district of Sadr City, Iraq, Wednesday, May 11, 2016. An explosives-laden car bomb ripped through a commercial area in a predominantly Shiite neighborhood of Baghdad on Wednesday, killing and wounding dozens of civilians, a police official said. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)

ISIS bombings could stretch Iraqi military forces thin, U.S. officials worry

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Islamic State car bomb hits Shiite area in Baghdad, kills dozens of people

By Sinan Salaheddin - Associated Press

Iraq routed ISIS from Ramadi at a high cost: A city destroyed

By Susannah George, Desmond Butler and Maya Alleruzzo - Associated Press

Supporters of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr attend a sit-in before leaving Baghdad's highly fortified Green Zone, Sunday, May 1, 2016. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim) ** FILE **

ISIS fight in Iraq not hindered by Green Zone breach in Baghdad: Pentagon

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Civilians inspect the scene of car bombing at an open-air market selling fruit, vegetables and meat in Baghdad's southeast suburb of Nahrawan, Iraq, Saturday, April 30, 2016. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a bombing Saturday east of Baghdad, according to a statement posted on an IS-affiliated website. The attack and wounded scores of civilians according to Iraqi police and hospital officials. The IS statement described the attack as a three-ton truck bombing. (AP Photo/Ali Abdul Hassan)

Iraqi protesters breach Green Zone, storm parliament

By Susannah George - Associated Press

Civilians inspect the scene of car bombing at an open-air market selling fruit, vegetables and meat in Baghdad's southeast suburb of Nahrawan, Iraq, Saturday, April 30, 2016. (AP Photo/Ali Abdul Hassan)

Islamic State claims responsibility for Baghdad bombing that killed 21

By Susannah George - Associated Press

Iraqi Security Forces guard the heavily fortified Green Zone on Tuesday as followers of Iraq's influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr demonstrate. (Associated Press)

Muqtada al-Sadr, Iraqi cleric, pressures Haider al-Abadi to reshuffle Cabinet

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Mums the word on Genocide Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

DOUGLAS BURTON: John Kerry silent on genocide in Iraq

By Douglas Burton

A war planner at the Pentagon said Islamic State fighters are losing land and are restricted in maneuvers on the battlefield as coalition precision airstrikes destroy vehicles, locations and munitions. (U.S. Navy)

ISIS unleashes suicide bombers on Iraq, but Pentagon remains upbeat

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Iraqi army stand guard at the site near of a suicide attack targeting a checkpoint in Baghdad Iraq, Monday, April 4, 2016. A suicide bomber with explosive belt hit a checkpoint on Monday manned by Iraqi troops in northern Baghdad, killing several people, all of them from security troops. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Suicide bomb kills at least 14 south of Baghdad

Associated Press

In this Friday, March 11, 2016 photo, young victims exposed to a chemical attack wait for treatment at a hospital in Taza, 10 miles (20 kilometers) south of Kirkuk in northern Iraq. The Islamic State group launched two chemical attacks near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, killing a three-year-old girl, wounding some 600 people and causing hundreds more to flee, Iraqi officials said Saturday. (AP Photo)

Iraqi forces take northern edge of IS-held town

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Iraq says it’s launched offensive to recapture ISIS-held Mosul

By Sinan Salaheddin - Associated Press