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An Iraqi Special Forces soldier watches the plume of smoke from a coalition airstrike on a car bomb as troops move to take another district from Islamic State militant control in Mosul. (Associated Press)

Mosul battle bogs down Iraq, U.S. coalition allies

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017 photo, Mosul residents play soccer on a pitch in eastern Mosul. The soccer field was closed for four moths during fighting between the Islamic State group and Iraqi forces. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

Soccer returns to liberated Mosul, Iraqi ambassador says

By Dan Boylan - The Washington Times

Pentagon’s Mattis discussing war aims in Mideast this week

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

U.S. troops are assisting Iraqi soldiers during a brutal battle in western Mosul. Although Defense Secretary James Mattis' official agenda does not list visits to Iraq, Syria or Afghanistan, the former U.S. Central Command chief has regularly made unannounced stops to visit American and coalition forces stationed there. (Associated Press)

James Mattis to visit allies in Mideast, North Africa

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

This photo provided by Eglin Air Force Base shows the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb. The Pentagon says U.S. forces in Afghanistan dropped the military's largest non-nuclear bomb on an Islamic State target in Afghanistan. A Pentagon spokesman said it was the first-ever combat use of the bomb, known as the GBU-43, which he said contains 11 tons of explosives. The Air Force calls it the Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb. Based on the acronym, it has been nicknamed the "Mother Of All Bombs." (Eglin Air Force Base via AP)

Pentagon: U.S. dropped the MOAB, the largest non-nuclear bomb, in Afghanistan

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Worldwide Persecution of Christians Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Christian persecution increases in Middle East

By Vernon Brewer

In this Wednesday, April 5, 2017 photo, Intisar Jadan Sultan, left, sits with her family in a tent at the Khazer refugee camp, in east Mosul, Iraq. One of Sultan's sons, six-year-old Mustafa suffers nightmares, cries at the sound of airplanes and occasionally wets himself, symptoms that worsened last year when an explosion in Mosul killed his cousin and wounded his father before his eyes. Countless Iraqis, including many children, suffer trauma brought on by years of war, an epidemic that has overwhelmed the country’s limited mental health facilities. (AP Photo/Yesica Fisch)

Iraqis haunted by war overwhelm mental health facilities

By YESICA FISCH and BALINT SZLANKO - Associated Press

Defense Secretary James Mattis (right) was caught off guard by President Trump's Twitter announcement on July 26 that the military would renew its ban on transgender troops. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump listens to generals’ advice on military

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Former Islamic charity’s assets transferred to charity

Associated Press

Kurds Hold Key to Regional Balance of Power

By Ernie Audino

Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, arrives at the Ministry of Defense, in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 3, 2017. Kushner, flew to Iraq with the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford on Monday. (AP Photo)

News of Iraq trip with Kushner midair poses security risks

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Erdogan Has Command Responsibility for Aiding Terrorism

By Dr. Ahmet S. Yayla

In this Jan. 22, 2017, file photo, White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner watches as President Donald Trump, unseen in the photo, congratulates other White House senior staff during a swearing-in ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Jared Kushner, Trump senior adviser, arrives in Iraq with Joint Chiefs chairman for visit

By Jonathan Lemire - Associated Press

Erasing Radical Ideology Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Terrorism fight requires a global plan

By Tina Ramirez

Jared Kushner (third from left), President Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, accompanied Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford (second from left) to discuss Iraq's security in the face of threats from the Islamic State. (Associated Press)

Jared Kushner joins Gen. Joseph Dunford for Islamic State talks in Baghdad

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, arrives at the Ministry of Defense, in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 3, 2017. (AP Photo)

News of Iraq trip with Kushner mid-air poses security risks

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

FILE- In this Jan. 22, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump's White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner watches as President Donald Trump, left, congratulates other White House senior staff during a swearing in ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Their reputations at risk, a coterie of President Donald Trump's associates caught up in the swirling debate about Trump and Russia are turning to a similar if unusual playbook: volunteering to testify to Congress, before even being asked. Kushner, told the Senate intelligence panel he'd gladly answer questions about his meetings with the Russian ambassador and others. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Kushner, Dunford meet with Iraqi prime minister

Associated Press

U.S. sees more civilian casualties as campaign against militants intensifies

By Carlo Munoz The Washington Times - The Washington Times

U.S. Army Gen. Joseph Votel has accused Russia of providing weapons and material support to the Taliban in an effort to expand Moscow’s influence in the war-torn country. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Joseph Votel: Rigorous rules of engagement remain unchanged for U.S. forces in Iraq, Syria

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Friday, March 24, 2017, file photo, civil protection rescue teams work on the debris of a destroyed house to recover the body of people killed during fighting between Iraqi security forces and Islamic State militants on the western side of Mosul, Iraq. Iraqis in the northern city of Mosul are still burying their dead after a U.S. airstrike allegedly killed more than 100 people last week, and rights groups are expressing alarm over a recent spike in civilian deaths. Iraqi officials have defended their conduct in the war against the Islamic State group, and their advice to civilians to shelter in place as U.S.-backed forces seek to drive the extremists from their last urban stronghold in the country. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

US opens formal investigation into civilian deaths in Mosul

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press