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In this undated file photo released online in the summer of 2014 on a militant social media account, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, militants of the Islamic State group hold up their weapons and wave its flags on their vehicles in a convoy on a road leading to Iraq, in Raqqa, Syria. (Militant photo via AP, File)

ISIS auctions archaeological treasures on eBay to collect $200 million

By Carlo Munoz - Special to The Washington Times

A war planner at the Pentagon said Islamic State fighters are losing land and are restricted in maneuvers on the battlefield as coalition precision airstrikes destroy vehicles, locations and munitions. (U.S. Navy)

ISIS unleashes suicide bombers on Iraq, but Pentagon remains upbeat

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

John McCain: ISIS fight turning into another Vietnam

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

"Maybe Secretary Clinton might want to apologize to the families who lost their loved ones in Iraq," Sen. Bernard Sanders told CBS News in a Wednesday interview. (Associated Press)

Bernie Sanders plays ‘Iraq card’ against Hillary Clinton

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

In this Friday, March 11, 2016 photo, young victims exposed to a chemical attack wait for treatment at a hospital in Taza, 10 miles (20 kilometers) south of Kirkuk in northern Iraq. The Islamic State group launched two chemical attacks near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, killing a three-year-old girl, wounding some 600 people and causing hundreds more to flee, Iraqi officials said Saturday. (AP Photo)

Iraqi forces enter IS-held Hit, thousands flee fighting

By SUSANNAH GEORGE - Associated Press

In this Friday, March 11, 2016 photo, young victims exposed to a chemical attack wait for treatment at a hospital in Taza, 10 miles (20 kilometers) south of Kirkuk in northern Iraq. The Islamic State group launched two chemical attacks near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, killing a three-year-old girl, wounding some 600 people and causing hundreds more to flee, Iraqi officials said Saturday. (AP Photo)

Iraqi forces take northern edge of IS-held town

Associated Press

President Barack Obama, with British Prime Minister David Cameron, speaks during the afternoon plenary session of the Nuclear Security Summit, Friday, April 1, 2016, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Obama: Expect more terrorist attacks as pressure on ISIS increases

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

The Operation Inherent Resolve medal (Image: Department of Defense).

Pentagon unveils new medal for troops who fought ISIS

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

A woman is evacuated by emergency services after a explosion in a main metro station in Brussels on Tuesday, March 22, 2016. Explosions rocked the Brussels airport and the subway system Tuesday, killing at least 13 people and injuring many others just days after the main suspect in the November Paris attacks was arrested in the city, police said. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

ISIS social media warning: More attacks will target U.S., Europe

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, right, meets United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, March 26, 2016. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

U.N. chief offers condolences to Iraq after ISIS stadium bombing

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra - Associated Press

Iraq says it’s launched offensive to recapture ISIS-held Mosul

By Sinan Salaheddin - Associated Press

Demonstrators chant pro-Islamic State slogans as they wave the group's flags in front of the provincial government headquarters in Mosul, Iraq, on June 16, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Islamic State attacks new U.S. base in Iraq again, Iran-backed militia threatens more violence

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

In this Sunday, March 20, 2016 photo, two boys in a truck in a convoy of families fleeing Islamic State-held Hit, Iraq, wait at a checkpoint on the western edge of Ramadi, Iraq. Much of Iraq’s north and west fell to the Islamic State group in the summer of 2014, but over the past year Iraq’s military has slowly clawed back pockets of territory. While IS still controls a large swath of Iraq and neighboring Syria, the group has lost an estimated 40 percent of the territory it once held in Iraq, according to U.S.-led coalition officials. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Baghdad politics slows fight against IS in Anbar

By SUSANNAH GEORGE - Associated Press

In this Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016 photo, Shiite fighters clash with the Islamic State group at the frontline in Tikrit, Iraq, 80 miles (130 kilometers) north of Baghdad. Iraq’s Shiite militias, mobilized in 2014 to fight the Islamic State group, are now showing they have no intention to stand down once the fight against the Sunni extremists is over. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Fears in Iraqi government, army over Shiite militias’ power

By HAMZA HENDAWI and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Associated Press

Demonstrators chant pro-Islamic State slogans as they wave the group's flags in front of the provincial government headquarters in Mosul, Iraq, on June 16, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Mohammed Amin, Palestinian-American member of ISIS, surrenders, Iraqi general says

By Balint Szlanko - Associated Press

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 **

Iraqi officials: IS chemical attacks kill child, wound 600

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra - Associated Press

Osama bin Laden wrote in 2010 in a letter to an ally: "As it pertains to the brothers coming from Iran, I think that at this stage they are in safe places outside the areas of bombardment." (Associated Press)

Osama bin Laden, Iran shared logistical alliance, intense hatred of U.S.

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

An Iraqi man weeps as he holds a Christian religious poster depicting Jesus and the Virgin Mary during a demonstration calling for governmental reform in Tahrir Square in Baghdad on Feb. 26. (Associated Press)

Genocide underway against Christians in Iraq and Syria, Catholic priest tells U.S.

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this undated photo released online in the summer of 2014 on a militant social media account, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, militants of the Islamic State group hold up their weapons and wave its flags on their vehicles in a convoy on a road leading to Iraq, in Raqqa, Syria. (Militant photo via AP, File)

Islamic State operative says terror group has chemical weapons

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

An unmanned U.S. Predator drone flies over Kandahar Air Field, southern Afghanistan in this Jan. 31, 2010, file photo. Nearly three-quarters of Americans say it’s acceptable for the U.S. to use unmanned aerial drones to kill an American citizen abroad if that person has joined a terror organization, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

U.S. to disclose casualty count from drones, counterterrorism strikes since 2009

By Josh Lederman - Associated Press