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Self-determination will lead to prosperity, stability

By Masrour Barzani

Kurdistan Partnership Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Kurdistan security requires international partnerships

By Dlawer Ala'Aldeen

Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., takes questions during a TV interview on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, July 14, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Trent Franks warns Kurds against Iranian and Turkish influence in region

By Laura Kelly - The Washington Times

Lieutenant General Raid Shaker Jawlat, center, of the Iraqi federal police talks with Colonel Pat Work of the U.S. Army's 82nd airborne division as they look at a map of Mosul, in Mosul, Iraq, Friday, June 30, 2017. Work warned that as Iraqi forces close in on the Islamic State group's last remaining positions in Mosul the troops are at increased risk of friendly fire attacks. (AP Photo/Balint Szlanko)

Islamic State loss of Mosul may presage greater victory in Iraq

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

US: Iran still top state terror sponsor; global attacks down

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

Onwards to a Free Iran

By Maryam Rajavi

Rajeh Saber Abboud al-Mousavi, top Iraqi diplomat, says Kurdish independence bid illegal

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this July 11, 2017 photo, the sun sets behind destroyed buildings in the west side of Mosul, Iraq. The 9-month fight to defeat the Islamic State group in Mosul ended in a crescendo of devastation: bombardment that damaged or destroyed a third of its historic Old City in just three weeks. The cost of uprooting the militants was the destruction of large swaths of Iraq’s second largest city, leaving a population that is displaced, exhausted and potentially embittered if there is no reconstruction. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Liberation from militants leaves devastation in Mosul

By SUSANNAH GEORGE - Associated Press

Lawyers: Government seeking to deport Iraq War veteran

By GENE JOHNSON - Associated Press

This frame grab from video released Tuesday, July 4, 2017, and provided by Furat FM, a Syrian Kurdish activist-run media group, shows U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters in the eastern side of Raqqa, Syria. The SDF forces have breached the wall around Raqqa's Old City, the U.S. military said Tuesday, marking a major advance in the weeks-old battle to drive Islamic State militants out of their self-declared capital. (Furat FM, via AP)

Kurdish referendum vote opposed by White House

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Illustration on Iraq/ Kudistan relations by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Iraq and Kurdistan need to split

By Falah Mustafa Bakir

Protesters gather at Brooklyn Borough Hall to pray before a rally in protest of President Donald Trump on Feb. 2, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Judge rules courts can stop Trump deportations, halts ouster of Iraqi Christians

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this June 30, 2017 photo, Robert James walks his two service dogs, Apollo and Ares during a trip to Cam-plex Park in Gillette, Wyo. It wasn’t until 2015 that James began cognitive processing therapy for his PTSD. It started with a counselor in Rock Springs and he later got psychiatric help in Sheridan. That’s when he was introduced to the idea of a service dog. (Kelly Wenzel/Gillette News Record via AP)

Service dogs help Iraq War veteran in Wyoming deal with PTSD

By PATRICK FILBIN - Associated Press

Airstrikes target Islamic State positions on the edge of the Old City a day after Iraq's prime minister declared &quot;total victory&quot; in Mosul, Iraq, Tuesday, July 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

US, allies may increase strikes, surveillance in Raqqa

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Red evidence tape covers part of the door leading to the condo where Ikaika Kang, a sergeant first class in the U.S. Army, lives in Waipahu, Hawaii, Monday, July 10, 2017. Kang is being held on terrorism charges after the FBI claims he tried to get secret military documents to the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)

Soldier supported Islamic State but remained in military

By AUDREY McAVOY - Associated Press

Birney Bervar, center, addresses reporters outside the federal courthouse in Honolulu on Monday, July 10, 2017. Bervar was appointed the attorney for Ikaika Kang, a 34-year-old active duty soldier who has been accused of trying to aid the Islamic State. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)

The Latest: Lawyer: Army neglected soldier’s mental illness

Associated Press

Iraqi Special Forces soldiers celebrate after reaching the bank of the Tigris river as their fight against Islamic State militants continues in parts of the Old City of Mosul, Iraq, Sunday, July 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Iraqi leader congratulates troops in Mosul; fight goes on

By SUSANNAH GEORGE and SINAN SALAHEDDIN - Associated Press

FILE - This file photo posted on a file sharing website Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, by the Islamic State Group in Sinai, a militant organization, shows a deadly attack by militants on an Egyptian police checkpoint in el-Arish, north Sinai, Egypt. Egyptian officials say at least 10 security troops have been killed when a car bomb struck a military checkpoint followed by heavy gunfire in northeastern Sinai Peninsula. The officials say the Friday, July 7, 2017 attack started when a suicide car bomber rammed his vehicle into the checkpoint in southern Rafah village of el-Barth, followed by heavy shooting by dozens of masked militants on foot. Arabic reads, &quot;Walking around the building at the fire station after searching and taking control.&quot; (Islamic State Group in Sinai, via AP, File)

IS claims attack in Egypt’s Sinai that killed 23 soldiers

By ASHRAF SWEILAM and MAGGIE MICHAEL - Associated Press

ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY JULY 8 AND THEREAFTER - In a June 30, 2017 photo, Iraq veteran and Auburn native Joshua Wheeldon displays the various tattoos on his left arm, in Seattle, Wash. He says the eagle is one of his favorites. (Ellen M. Banner/The Seattle Times via AP)

Veterans’ tattoos symbolize loss, patriotism, resistance

By WILLIAM ROBERT FERRER - Associated Press