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US commander: IS leader al-Baghdadi probably still alive

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

In this Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, file photo, an Iraqi policeman checks the documents of displaced civilians at a collection point west of Mosul on the outskirts of Tal Afar, Iraq. Iraq's prime minister declared the town of Tal Afar "fully liberated" from the Islamic State group after a nearly two-week operation. (AP Photo/Balint Szlanko, File)

Haider al-Abadi, Iraqi PM, declares Tal Afar ‘fully liberated’ from ISIS

By Sinan Salaheddin - Associated Press

Although Tal Afar's city center and key infrastructure centers are under Iraqi control, Pentagon officials say coalition forces remain engaged in dangerous back-clearing operations against Islamic State. (Associated Press)

Iraq battles ISIS, looks to political stability

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

The Latest: Iraqi military finds grave sites of IS victims

Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 22, 2013 file photo, Iraqi and Lebanese Shiite fighters from a group called the Hussein Brigade use a helmet to draw sniper fire, during clashes with the Sunni-dominated Free Syrian Army, in the town of Hejeira, near Damascus, Syria. Thousands of Iranian-backed fighters in Syria’s desert central region are advancing east on three fronts, bringing Tehran closer to its goal of securing a corridor from its border through Iraq all the way to the Mediterranean that would give it unhindered land access to its allies in Syria and Lebanon for the first time. (AP Photo/Jaber al-Helo, File)

Iran extends reach with fight for land link to Mediterranean

By BASSEM MROUE and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 21, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump gestures during a Presidential Address to the Nation about a strategy he believes will best position the U.S. to eventually declare victory in Afghanistan, Fort Myer in Arlington Va. Behind the detail-scarce rhetoric of the new Afghanistan strategy, elements of President Donald Trump's broader approach to foreign conflicts emerge: secret military plans, no &quot;nation-building&quot; and a reliance on regional players to squeeze wayward nations and extremist groups. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

New Afghanistan plan could offer clues to ‘Trump Doctrine’

By JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

Members of Iraq's minority Yazidi community want justice for Islamic State terrorists for acts like the kidnapping of young women such as Nazdar Murat. However, human rights activists remain frustrated with delays by the Iraqi government. (Associated Press)

Islamic State war crimes see prosecutorial delays in Iraq

By Laura Kelly - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 21, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump gestures during a Presidential Address to the Nation about a strategy he believes will best position the U.S. to eventually declare victory in Afghanistan, Fort Myer in Arlington Va. Behind the detail-scarce rhetoric of the new Afghanistan strategy, elements of President Donald Trump's broader approach to foreign conflicts emerge: secret military plans, no &quot;nation-building&quot; and a reliance on regional players to squeeze wayward nations and extremist groups. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

A ‘Trump Doctrine’? Clues in his new Afghanistan plan

By JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

Iraqi troops push into IS-held town west of Mosul

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017, file photo, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis stands as he waits for Netherlands Minister of Defense Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert during an enhanced honor cordon at the Pentagon in Washington. U.S. As Mattis arrived in Baghdad Tuesday, he said says Islamic State militants are caught in a military vise that will squeeze them from both ends of the Euphrates River valley that bisects Iraq and Syria. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Pentagon chief, in Baghdad, says militants are ‘on the run’

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

FILE- In this March 22, 2017, file photo, a Federal Police stands next to unexploded bombs left by Islamic State group militants on the western side of Mosul, Iraq. On Thursday, Aug. 17, the top U.S. commander in Iraq said for the first time that the American military will help contractors and other officials locate unexploded bombs dropped by the coalition. U.S. Embassy officials have asked the coalition to declassify grid coordinates for bombs dropped in Iraq to help clear the explosives. The coalition's unexploded bombs are only a small part of Mosul's problems. The bulk of the explosives have been hidden by IS fighters to be triggered by the slightest movement, even picking up a seemingly innocent children's toy, lifting a vacuum cleaner, or opening an oven door. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

Clearing Iraqi cities of explosives may take decades

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

US helping clear ‘historic’ amount of explosives in Mosul

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

US military says 2 American soldiers killed in Iraq

Associated Press

In this photo taken on Friday, July 28, 2017, children swim in the Tigris River to beat the heat in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq's weather service warned Thursday that temperatures will increase next week in most parts of the country, with the highs expected to reach 51 degrees Celsius, or about 124 degrees Fahrenheit, adding to the daily woes of Iraqi citizens already facing a deteriorated security situation and lack of public services.(AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Iraqi weather service warns of brutal heat wave next week

By SINAN SALAHEDDIN - Associated Press

Fighters from the Badr Brigades Shiite militia patrol at the front line, in Kessarrat, located (70 kilometers) north west of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, June 12, 2015. Despite concerns over heightened sectarian strife, Shiite militiamen continue to pour into Iraq’s Anbar province with the hope of recapturing the city of Fallujah from the Islamic State group. As the U.S. prepares to send an additional 450 trainers to Iraq, the Iranian-backed militias say that coalition assistance only hurts their efforts, contradicting statements by the Iraqi government that more international support is needed. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Ismail Ghaani, Iranian general, boasts of Quds Force killing U.S. troops in Iraq

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

A U.S. military helicopter flew over the site of a suicide bomb that struck a NATO convoy in Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday. Two Americans were reported killed (Associated Press)

US military wrangles over release of American casualty info

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Officials say 7,000 Islamic State affiliates remain in Iraq

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Associated Press