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Iraqi Muslims pray at a mosque in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

After IS defeat, Fallujah victory takes on sectarian tones

By SUSANNAH GEORGE - Associated Press

People light candles at the scene of a massive car bomb attack in Karada, a busy shopping district where people were shopping for the upcoming Eid al-Fitr holiday, in the center of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, July 3, 2016. More than 100 people died Sunday in a car bombing that Islamic State said it carried out, an official of the Iraqi Interior Ministry said. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Iraq: Death toll from ISIS-claimed bombing climbs to 157

By Sinan Salaheddin - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 13, 2016 file photo, President Barack Obama speaksin the East Room of the White House in Washington. President Barack Obama’s decision to send 217 more troops to Iraq and to put military advisers closer to the front lines, fits a pattern of ever-deepening involvement in a war against the Islamic State. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Obama’s war falsehoods

By Bruce Fein

Brett McGurk, President Obama's envoy to members of the anti-Islamic State coalition, told a Capitol Hill hearing that Islamic State officials are telling recruits in the West to stay put and conduct attacks at home rather than travel to the Salafist group's base in Syria, where its control is increasingly under threat. (Associated Press)

ISIS tells recruits in West to stay put, conduct attacks

By Jessie Fox - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 7, 2011, file photo, President Barack Obama, right, smiles at former defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan, speaking left, as he stands with the 1985 Super Bowl XX Champions Chicago Bears football team during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. Buddy Ryan, who coached two defenses that won Super Bowl titles and whose twin sons Rex and Rob have been successful NFL coaches, died Tuesday, June 28, 2016. He was 82. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Intel, Obama and walking away from the red line in Syria

By Mike Hayden - The Washington Times

Iraqi security forces patrol after defeating Islamic State militants in Fallujah, Iraq, Sunday, June 26, 2016. A senior Iraqi commander said the city of Fallujah was "fully liberated" from Islamic State militants on Sunday, (AP Photo)

Fallujah fully liberated from ISIS group, Iraqi commander says

By Sinan Salaheddin and Susannah George - Associated Press

Illustration on the struggle for Kurdish independence by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Why Kurdish independence matters

By Ernie Audino

FILE - In this Friday, June 3, 2016 file photo, Iraqi families displaced during fighting between Iraqi security forces and the Islamic State group, during a military operation to regain control the city, outside an Iraqi army military Camp near Fallujah, Iraq. The U.N. refugee agency says just over 65 million people were displaced worldwide by the end of last year, easily setting a new postwar record, as it warned that European and other rich nations can expect the tide to continue if root causes aren't addressed.(AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed, File)

U.S.-led coalition says only 1/3 of Fallujah cleared of IS

By SUSANNAH GEORGE - Associated Press

Rather than shrinking, the Islamic State — also known as ISIL and ISIS — is metastasizing globally by attracting waves of henchmen in Libya, Egypt, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Afghanistan, the Congressional Research Service said in a June 14 report for lawmakers. (Associated Press)

ISIS expands beyond Iraq-Syria base with six armies on three continents

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

In this Tuesday, June 14, 2016, photo, Iraqi soldiers observe the movements of Islamic State militants from a roof during fighting in Fallujah, Iraq. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)

Iraqi special forces enter center of Islamic State-held Fallujah

By Qassim Abdul Zahra - Associated Press

In this video grab made on Tuesday, June 14, 2016, in Alqoosh, Iraq, shows Assyrian Christian militiamen during a training. The group also know as the Nineveh Plain Protection Units, or NPU, are one of three Christian armed groups who are hoping for American support after the U.S. House of Representatives called for direct assistance to be delivered to local security forces in the north of Iraq. (AP Photo/ Balint Szlanko)

Christian militias fighting IS in Iraq hope for US support

By BALINT SZLANKO - Associated Press

"Unfortunately, despite all our progress against ISIL on the battlefield and in the financial realm, our efforts have not reduced the group's terrorism capability and global reach," CIA Director John O. Brennan testified. (Associated Press)

ISIS promoting ‘lone wolf’ attacks, scheming to infiltrate West, John Brennan says

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Iraqi security forces look at confiscated Islamic State group weapons and ammunition after regaining control over the last week, in Ramadi, Iraq's Anbar province, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Osama Sami) ** FILE **

Iraq probes human rights violations in Fallujah offensive

By SINAN SALAHEDDIN and QASSSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Associated Press

An Iraqi special operations soldier monitors radio traffic in Fallujah, which has been under siege by the Islamic State group for two years. U.S. advisers say major battlefield losses to the militant group could trigger headline-grabbing terrorist attacks during the holy month of Ramadan.

ISIS losing territory, foreign fighters as coalition forces attack on multiple fronts

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this Friday, May 27, 2016, file photo, U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter delivers remarks during the U.S. Naval Academy's graduation and commissioning ceremony in Annapolis, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Ashton Carter seeks faster tempo in fight on Islamic State

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this May 26, 2016 photo, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a campaign rally at Ventura College in Ventura, Calif. With the end of the primaries looming, Bernie Sanders is focused on victory in California yet offering signals about what he will do next to shape the party's platform at the convention, help down-ballot Democrats and defeat Donald Trump (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Bernie Sanders: Hillary Clinton too quick to rush to war, Iraq vote ‘not just an abberation’

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Iraqi forces repelled a four-hour attack by the Islamic State group in Fallujah on Tuesday, a day after moving into the southern edges of the militant-held city with the help of U.S.-led coalition airstrikes. This image was posted on a photo sharing website by an Islamic State militant media arm. (Associated Press)

Haider al-Abadi’s political pressures driving Fallujah campaign as much as strategy

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this image posted on a photo sharing website by an Islamic State militant media arm on Monday, May 30, 2016, a military vehicle burns as ISIS fighters battle Iraqi forces and their allies west of Fallujah, Iraq. Iraqi forces battling their way into Fallujah repelled a four-hour attack by the Islamic State group in the city's south on Tuesday, a day after first moving into the southern edges of the militant-held city with the help of U.S.-led coalition airstrikes.(militant photo via AP)

Heavy clashes as Iraqi forces push into ISIS-held Fallujah

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra - Associated Press