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Protesters took to the streets outside of the White House Monday to decry President Trump's revised travel order that lifts the ban against Iraqis, many of whom worked with U.S. military operators and, because of their help, face threats in their home country. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump’s revised travel ban aimed to erase ‘Muslim’ label

By S.A. Miller and Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Iraqi security forces advance during fighting against Islamic State militants, in western Mosul, Iraq, Monday, March 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Iraq welcomes removal from revised US travel ban

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SINAN SALAHEDDIN - Associated Press

ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY MARCH 4 AND THEREAFTER - In a Friday, Feb. 10, 2017 photo, Ahmed Aammou, interim leader of the Islamic Center of Kitsap County, leads the congregation in prayer in Bremerton, Wash. Following nearly ten years of fundraising, the Islamic Center of Kitsap County opened in its first permanent home inside a former Kitsap Bank. (Steve Zugschwerdt/Kitsap Sun via AP)

A home of their own: Kitsap Muslims finally have mosque

By JOSH FARLEY - Associated Press

UN: If confirmed, chemical attacks in Mosul a war crime

Associated Press

FILE - In this undated file photo released by a militant website, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, militants of the Islamic State group hold up their weapons and wave flags on their vehicles, in a convoy on a road leading to Iraq, from Raqqa, Syria. A major battle to liberate the northern Syrian city of Raqqa from Islamic State militants is looming, with U.S. officials looking to build on momentum from the battlefields in Mosul. Armed with a new Pentagon plan to “rapidly defeat” the militants in both countries, President Donald Trump is now mulling options for upping the fight, which a top U.S. commander says he expects to be concluded within six months. (Militant website via AP, File)

Rivals in Syria race to assault militants’ ‘capital’ Raqqa

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

An emotional Carryn Owens, widow of widow of Chief Special Warfare Operator William “Ryan” Owens, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, as she was acknowledged by President Donald Trump during his address to a joint session of Congress. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Democrats can’t hide their contempt for military

By Charles Hurt - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump leaves after speech to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. (Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool Image via AP)

New Trump travel ban removes Iraq from list, officials say

Associated Press

In this Feb. 8, 2017 file photo, U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend watches during a tour north of Baghdad, Iraq. Now a four-star general who heads up U.S. Africa Command, Townsend on Jan. 7, 2020, released a statement addressing the previous day's unrest at the U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo/ Ali Abdul Hassan, File) **FILE**

US general: Russia inadvertently struck US-backed Syrians

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. (Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool Image via AP)

Officials: New Trump order drops Iraq from travel ban list

By MATTHEW LEE and VIVIAN SALAMA - Associated Press

Iraqi security forces advance during fighting against Islamic State militants in the western side of Mosul, Iraq, Saturday, Feb. 25. 2017. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)

Iraq: Police Commandos recapture new neighborhood in Mosul

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SUSANNAH GEORGE - Associated Press

Iraqi special forces advance towards the western side of Mosul, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. The advance comes as part of a major assault that started five days earlier to drive Islamic State militants from the western half of Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)

The Latest: Iraqi air force strikes IS targets inside Syria

Associated Press

Pentagon: Out with ‘ISIL,’ in with ‘ISIS’

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

Smoke rises after an airstrike by U.S.-led coalition warplanes as Iraqi special forces advance towards the western side of Mosul, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. The advance comes as part of a major assault that started five days earlier to drive Islamic State militants from the western half of Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)

Iraqi, coalition forces secure key territory in western Mosul offensive

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Smoke rises from the western side of Mosul following a U.S.-led coalition airstrike, in Abu Saif, outside the western side of Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)

U.S.-backed Iraqi forces enter Mosul airport, military base

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Sinan Salaheddin - Associated Press

In this Jan. 11, 2017 photo, 23-year-old Perwin Ali Baku poses for a portrait inside the tent she shares with her family at Karbato camp for civilians displaced by war in Iraq. She recently escaped Islamic State militant captivity alongside her young daughter. A new psychological trauma institute is being established at the university of Dohuk in Iraq, the first in the entire region. The program will train local mental health professionals to treat Islamic State victims, including thousands of Yazidi women and children. (AP Photo/Alice Martins)

New trauma unit to help former Islamic State sex slaves

By DAVID RISING - Associated Press

Federal police officers look towards Islamic State group territory as civilians flee the area, in the town of Abu Saif, Iraq, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. A military spokesman says Iraqi forces are consolidating their gains south of Mosul ahead of moving deeper into the city's Islamic State-held western half. The spokesman of the Joint Military Operation Command, Brig. Gen. Yahya Rasool, told The Associated Press that nearly 123 square kilometers -- about 47 square miles -- have been taken south of Mosul since the new push started on Sunday. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

Iraqi Shiite militias push to take villages west of Mosul

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Associated Press

Smoke rises from the town of Abu Saif after air strikes hit Islamic State militant positions, Monday, Feb. 20, 2017. Iraqi federal police units continued their advance towards western Mosul on Monday, battling Islamic State militants at a strategic hill south of the city's airport. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

Iraqi troops push into ISIS-held southern outskirts of Mosul

By Bram Janssen - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, center, is greeted by U.S. Ambassador Douglas Silliman as he arrives at Baghdad International Airport on an unannounced trip Monday, Feb. 20, 2017. Mattis said Monday the United States does not intend to seize Iraqi oil, shifting away from an idea proposed by President Donald Trump that has rattled Iraq's leaders. (AP Photo/Lolita Baldor)

US Defense Secretary Mattis: US will stay in Iraq a while

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Defense Secretary James Mattis was greeted by U.S. Ambassador Douglas Silliman at Baghdad International Airport Monday. (Associated Press)

Jim Mattis, U.S. defense secretary: No plan to seize Iraqi oil

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press