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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

An Iraqi Special Forces soldier stands in position in an alley as Iraqi forces continue their advance against Islamic State militants in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, July 5, 2017. Some 300 Islamic State fighters remain in the small patch of territory still controlled by the group in Mosul's Old City, a senior Iraqi commander said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Top U.S., coalition leaders to discuss path forward in ISIS fight after Mosul, Raqqa

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Iraqi special forces Lt. Col. Salam Hussein, center, and his team watch Islamic State positions using a surveillance camera near the frontline in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, July 5, 2017. Some 300 Islamic State fighters remain in the small patch of territory still controlled by the group in Mosul's Old City, a senior Iraqi commander said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Iraqi commander says 300 ISIS fighters holed up in Mosul

Associated Press

Civilians flee through a destroyed alley as Iraqi Special Forces continue their advance against Islamic State militants in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq, Sunday, July 2, 2017. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Iraq on cusp of Mosul victory but ISIS strikes back; 15 killed

By Andrea Rosa - Associated Press

Fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) looked toward the northern town of Tabqa, Syria, where the city, its dam and its airfield were the coalition objectives this spring. The battle served as an example of how delegations of authority made a difference in speed of execution. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump’s ISIS annihilation strategy quickly liberates territory

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Illustration on a coming Middle East alignment by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Middle East peace requires specific Trump strategy

By James A. Lyons

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)

In final stages of Mosul fight, US plays larger role

By SUSANNAH GEORGE - Associated Press

Refugee family opens up on coming to Oklahoma

By DARLA SPIKE - Associated Press

Defense Secretary James Mattis' authority to set U.S. troop levels for Afghanistan and the fight against Islamic State could ease the bitter bureaucratic battles that divided the Obama White House and the Pentagon over war strategy. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump’s Pentagon freedom comes with blame

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Swiss journalist dies of Mosul mine blast injuries

Associated Press

Iraqis and supporters rally outside the Theodore Levin United States Courthouse, Wednesday, June 21, 2017, in Detroit. A hearing began on a lawsuit that seeks to stop the government from deporting more than 100 Iraqi nationals who were recently rounded up. The American Civil Liberties Union filed the lawsuit in federal court in Detroit against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement seeking a temporary stay of deportations. The ACLU says possible deportations aren't expected at least until after the request is heard. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Detroit judge halts deportation of Iraqi Christians

By COREY WILLIAMS - Associated Press

Khloe Marogi, 8, wore a T-shirt with her detained father's photo on it at a rally on Friday in Detroit to protest the recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in which 114 Iraqi nationals in Metro Detroit were arrested and held for deportation. Her father, 50-year-old Dorid Marogi, is a Catholic Chaldean who has lived in the U.S. since he was 2 years old. (Associated Press)

Iraqi criminal deportations mean persecution

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Kurdish man with minor record fights deportation from US

By JONATHAN MATTISE - Associated Press

This file image made from video posted on a militant website Saturday, July 5, 2014, purports to show the leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, delivering a sermon at a mosque in Iraq during his first public appearance. The Russian military claims it has killed the leader of the Islamic State group in an airstrike. The ministry said Friday, June 16, 2017, that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a Russian strike in late May along with other senior group commanders. (AP Photo/Militant video, File)

U.S. intel urges ‘caution’ on Russia’s claim to have killed ISIS leader

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

ACLU sues to stop deportation of arrested Iraqi nationals

Associated Press

In this frame grab from video, a doctor attends to a small girl who was taken ill with suspected food poisoning in the Hassan Sham U2 camp for displaced people located about 20 kilometers (13 miles) east of Mosul, Iraq, Tuesday, June 13, 2017. Iraq’s health minister, Adila Hamoud, told The Associated Press in Baghdad that 752 people had been taken ill and at least two died after they took part in a Monday night meal to break the Muslim dawn-to-dusk fasting during the holy month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Balint Szlanko)

Iraq: Food poisoning strikes hundreds at camp for displaced

By Balint Szlanko and Sinan Salaheddin - Associated Press

Chafee: Probe into Russian interference a ‘non-issue’

By MICHELLE R. SMITH - Associated Press