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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 **

Ali al-Sistani, top Iranian cleric: Shia militias belong under Baghdad’s full command

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, left, is welcomed by France's President Emmanuel Macron for conference to support the fight against Jihadist in the African Sahel region at the Chateau of the La Celle Saint-Cloud, west of Paris, France, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017. Presidents, princes and diplomats are in France to breathe life into a young African military force that aims to counter the growing Jihad threat in the Sahel region. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

The Latest: Mali warns IS fighters could come to Africa

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"We announce that we are fully prepared and ready to stand as one with the Lebanese people with the Palestinian cause," said Qais al-Khazali, the Baghdad-born leader of the Iraqi-based Asaib Ahl al-Haq militia. (Associated Press/File)

Qais al-Khazali, Asaib Ahl al-Haq militia leader, takes Iran’s fight to Israel

By Seth J. Frantzman

Tom Kelly and Peshmerga officer at a domed shelter hospital in Iraq. (Photo from Tom Kelly)

Level the Playing Field for Kurds in the fight against Terrorism

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Iraq map (Courtesy of Tom Kelly)

Send Train-and-Equip Aid to Kurdish Allies in Erbil

By Ernie Audino

People celebrate as they wave national flags in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Dec. 10, 2017. World leaders congratulated Iraq Sunday following the prime minister's declaration of victory over the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Iraqi Shiite cleric urges militias to disarm after IS defeat

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Iraq says its war against IS has ended

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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

FILE - In this April 5, 2015, file photo, blindfolded and handcuffed men are lead to custody after being arrested in Hillah, about 60 miles (95 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq. The Iraqi security forces arrested three men during a recent security operation in the city who they suspected of members of the Islamic State group. Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, that thousands of people suspected of having ties to the Islamic State group face widespread rights violations in Iraqi custody. (AP Photo, File)

Rights group: IS suspects face violations in Iraqi custody

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A Hezbollah fighter looks toward Syria from the fields of the Lebanese border village of Brital. Iran is making its greatest progress to date toward its goal of creating a "Shiite Crescent," a land connection from Iran to Lebanon, where Tehran-backed Hezbollah militants have a long-established political foothold. (Associated Press/File)

Iran’s ‘Shiite Crescent’ across Middle East nearly built

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Gilles de Kerchove, the European Union's counter-terrorism coordinator, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017. De Kerchove says the loss of its so-called &quot;caliphate&quot; will cripple the Islamic State group but the threat from the extremists is not over yet. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

EU official: IS remains threat despite loss of ‘caliphate’

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Security forces stand next to a crater created by a massive explosion that killed over 150, according to the Afghan president, in front of the German Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, on May 31, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Islamic State’s Afghan faction expanding north, as U.S. and coalition forces hammer main hubs

By Carlo Muñoz - 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 **

Todd McGurn identified by DOD as American casualty in Iraq

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Iranian agreements with Syria to keep forces in the country indefinitely would bring Tehran closer to its goal of securing a corridor from the Iranian border through Iraq all the way to the Mediterranean. That would give Iran unhindered land access to its allies in Syria and Lebanon for the first time. (Associated Press/File)

Iran’s Syria plan hints at Shiite ‘Red Crescent’ goal

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Illustration on Iran's international aspirations by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Washington battles ISIS; Iran broadens its reach

By Ilan Berman

Iraqi Shiite Hezbollah Brigade militiamen prepare their armored vehicles for fighting against the Islamic State east of Ramadi, Iraq, in this In this May 27, 2015, file photo. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Hezbollah to withdraw forces from Iraq, in wake of Islamic State’s defeat

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Assistant U.S. Attorney Forde Fairchild poses for a photo in Sioux City, Iowa on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017. Fairchild recently returned home from a yearlong detail as Justice Attache for Afghanistan, the U.S. attorney general's representative in the country. While serving, Fairchild received a number of gifts, including plaques, challenge coins and a ring with a lapis lazuli stone - a semiprecious gem common in Afghanistan. (Justin Wan/Sioux City Journal via AP)

Iowa attorney spends year serving in Afghanistan

By NICK HYTREK - Associated Press

EXCHANGE: Ex-general says military is a ‘young man’s game’

By MATT DUTTON - Associated Press

Jasper veteran suffering from Huntington’s disease

By JASON RECKER - Associated Press

FILE - In thisFILE - In this Tuesday, July 22, 2014, file photo, a sign is posted at a checkpoint belonging to the Islamic State group, captured from the Iraqi Army, at the main entrance of Rawah, 175 miles (281 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq. Arabic reads, &quot;Islamic State, the Emirate of Anbar, City of Rawah.&quot; Iraq’s Defense Ministry said Friday, Nov. 17, 2017 Iraqi forces have retaken the last IS-held town in the country, more than three years after the militant group stormed nearly a third of Iraqi territory.(AP Photo, File)

Iraqi forces retake the country’s last IS-held town

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Associated Press