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The Islamic State first announced its presence in Libya in early 2015, when it circulated a grisly, slickly produced propaganda video showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians on a Mediterranean beach in the nation. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

ISIS directs jihadi recruits to ‘Libya Province’ in bid to establish second homeland

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Elite police officers arrive outside the Bataclan theater in Paris, France, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2015. Several dozen people were killed in a series of unprecedented attacks around Paris on Friday, French President Francois Hollande said, announcing that he was closing the country's borders and declaring a state of emergency. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)

Terror attacks likely to increase as ISIS desperately tries to show ‘an image invincibility’

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said the Saudi announcement could result in "greater involvement in the campaign to combat ISIL by Sunni-Arab countries." (Associated Press)

American commandos are on the ground in Syria in fight against ISIS

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Democrat Seth Moulton, right, a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives, shake hands as they take the stage during a campaign event for Moulton, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014, in Lynn, Mass. Moulton, an Iraq War veteran, is in a tight race with Republican Richard Tisei for the 6th U.S. House district north of Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Ray Mabus destroying Marine Corps by forcing integration of women, Duncan Hunter says

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

A rising number of Islamic State fighters are coming from Central Asia, drawn by a hunger for religion and political and social change. (Associated Press)

Silk Road, fabled trade route, now ISIS pipeline to terror

By Douglas Burton - Special to The Washington Times

FAITH UNDER FIRE: Little Yazidi girl speaks of ISIS brow-beating

By Bill Devlin

"While he represented a potential safety threat, there is no indication that he planned any acts of terrorism in this country," U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner, in the eastern district of California, said in a statement announcing the arrest of Aws Mohammed Younis Al-Jayab. (Associated Press)

Iraqi refugees arrested on terrorism charges

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Sunday, Dec. 27, 2015 photo, Iraqi security forces raise an Iraqi flag near the provincial council building in central Ramadi, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad. Iraqi military forces on Monday retook a strategic government complex in the city of Ramadi from Islamic State militants who have occupied the city since May. (AP Photo/Osama Sami)

Islamic State loses 40 percent of its Iraqi territory

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

In his memoir, Robert Gates (right) wrote that President Obama did not always live up to budget agreements and suspected top brass of conspiracies against the commander in chief. Mr. Obama once retorted to the command by saying "that's an order," which Mr. Gates found unprecedented. (Associated Press)

Obama military strategy blasted by Robert Gates, Leon Panetta, Chuck Hagel

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Jeff Miller (at microphones) has continued to speak of the need to head off veteran suicides. (Associated Press)

Veteran suicide estimate of 22 per day sparks debate, spurs lawmakers to action

By Anjali Shastry - The Washington Times

Protestors call on President Obama to help end the bloodshed of the Islamic State. (Associated Press/File)

Obama’s promise of ending U.S. wars broken by Islamic State terrorism

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In a strategic and symbolic victory, soldiers raise Iraqi national flags at the government complex in central Ramadi on Monday after retaking it from the Islamic State. Militants occupied the capital of Anbar province since May. (Associated Press)

Islamic State driven from Ramadi by Iraq with U.S. help

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

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. (AP Photo/Militant video, File)

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, ISIS leader, threatens West, Israel in first statement in seven months

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

In this Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015 photo, a boy dressed in a tiny denim suit jacket holds a candle as Iraqi Christians celebrate during Christmas Eve mass in the Al-Bashara Church in a Christian refugee camp in Irbil, northern Iraq. Many of the worshippers are displaced from their homes after Islamic State militants swept through northern Iraq in 2014. (AP Photo/Seivan M.Salim)

Advocacy groups aid Iraq’s Christians ‘forgotten’ in refugee crisis

By Chandra Johnson - Deseret News

In this Friday, May 23, 2014 photo, trucks carrying paramilitary policemen move on a street in Urumqi, China's northwestern region of Xinjiang. Authorities on Saturday announced the first arrest in a bombing in China's Muslim northwest and said they were launching a yearlong anti-terrorism crackdown. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, CREDIT MANDATORY

L. TODD WOOD: Iran pushes China to join axis in Mideast

By L. Todd Wood

ERNIE AUDINO: Sharing Christmas with Kurds

By Ernie Audino

Smoke believed to be from an airstrike billows over the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar on Thursday, Nov. 12. Kurdish Iraqi fighters, backed by the U.S.-led air campaign, launched an assault Thursday aiming to retake the strategic town of Sinjar, which the Islamic State overran last year in an onslaught that caused the flight of tens of thousands of Yazidis and first prompted the U.S. to launch airstrikes against the militants. (Associated Press)

Pentagon: Fight against ISIS costing U.S. $11 million per day

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Creating Safe Ares for Iraqi Christians Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

DOUGLAS BURTON: ‘ISIS is not 10 feet tall’

By Douglas Burton

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

Pentagon chief: Iraqi strike may be ‘mistake’ by 2 sides

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press