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Sunni volunteer tribal fighters deploy as they support the Iraqi security forces in liberating the city of Ramadi, Iraq, from Islamic State group militants, in the eastern suburbs of Ramadi, the capital of Iraq's Anbar province, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015. (AP Photo)

U.S. special ops forces rescue 70 hostages in Iraq; 1 service member killed

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

"Real Change" — Justin Trudeau's slogan — helped fuel a remarkable rebound for the Liberals, who were reduced third place in the House of Commons behind the leftist New Democratic Party after a disastrous 2011 campaign. (Associated Press)

Justin Trudeau to Obama: Canada will end airstrikes against Islamic State

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Joseph Dunford, Jr., testifies during his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing to become the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this July 9, 2015, file photo. The top U.S. military officer landed in Iraq Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015, to get an update on the battle against Islamic State militants, saying he sees no prospect right now for Russia to expand its airstrike campaign into the war-torn country.(AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

U.S. wary as Iran, Russia step up Iraq role

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Joseph Dunford, Jr., testifies during his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing to become the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this July 9, 2015, file photo. The top U.S. military officer landed in Iraq Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015, to get an update on the battle against Islamic State militants, saying he sees no prospect right now for Russia to expand its airstrike campaign into the war-torn country.(AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Joseph Dunford looks over war zone in Iraq, gets update on Islamic State battle

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Illustration on the need to aid the Kurdish Peshmerga by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

ERNIE AUDINO: The price of U.S. timidity with the Kurds

By Ernie Audino

The intelligence center has been operational for about a week and already has provided intelligence for airstrikes on a gathering of middle-level Islamic State figures, Hakim al-Zamili, the head of the Iraqi parliament's defense and security committee, told Reuters on Tuesday. (Associated Press)

Iraq uses intelligence center operated by Russia, Iran, Syria; White House alarmed

By Dave Boyer and Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Civilians inspect the aftermath of a car bombing near a restaurant in a commercial area of central Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015. Iraqi officials say a car bomb exploded around midnight Monday in central Baghdad killing and wounding civilians. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban) ** FILE **

Iraq a ‘client state’ of Iran, former Obama adviser says

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Members of the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq chant slogans and hold banners during a tour organized by the Iraqi government for foreign diplomats in Baghdad, Iraq, in 2012. Sen. John McCain says successive U.S. administrations have broken their promise to protect the group, which is increasingly under threat of Iranian government-backed militias. (Associated Press)

Obama faces bipartisan push to assist Iranian dissidents trapped in Iraq

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain, Arizona Republican, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Sept. 22, 2015. (Associated Press)

John McCain: U.S. must do more to protect Iranian dissident group

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Civilians inspect the aftermath of a car bombing near a restaurant in a commercial area of central Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015. Iraqi officials say a car bomb exploded around midnight Monday in central Baghdad killing and wounding civilians. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban) ** FILE **

Iraq car bombings kill 36, wound dozens

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra - Associated Press

Kurdish peshmerga troops are taking back territory in northern Iraq in a survivalist fight against Islamic State invaders who have commandeered hundreds of American vehicles. The Kurdish forces say they are outgunned and need armor-piercing projectiles. (Associated Press photographs)

Islamic State stalemates provoke Kurds to ask for more weapons

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a town hall event Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015, in Rochester, N.H. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) ** FILE **

Donald Trump: I bet Russia will get ‘bogged down again’ in the Middle East

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Smoke rises after airstrikes in western Syria in this image by Homs Media Centre, which has been verified by AP reporting. (Associated Press)

Russia airstrikes in Syria alarm Obama critics

By Dave Boyer and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Refugees arrive in Tornio, northwestern Finland. Finland, on the northeastern frontier of the EU, in this Thursday, Sept. 18, 2015, file photo. (Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva via AP)

Finland suddenly a top choice for Iraqi asylum-seekers

By Matti Huuhtanen - Associated Press

This undated file image posted on a militant website on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, shows fighters from the al Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) or Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), now called the Islamic State group, marching in Raqqa, Syria. (AP Photo/Militant Website, File)

Obama admin sanctions ISIS facilitators, attempts to cut terror group’s funding

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A new security report found that eliminating the Islamic State's leaders wouldn't weaken the organization as it has operatives in countries beyond Iraq and Syria. (Associated Press)

Islamic State has trained operators to replace targeted leaders

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 19, 2015, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundations 45th Annual Legislative Conference Phoenix Awards Dinner at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Religious liberty: Call it genocide

By Ann Corkery

Religious liberty: Pressure grows to declare war against Christians a genocide

By Douglas Burton

Qassem Soleimani (AP, File)

ARMSTRONG WILLIAMS: Iran nuclear deal will expand Middle East conflict

By Armstrong Williams

President Obama listens June 18, 2012, to Russian President Vladimir Putin before the opening of the first plenary session of the G-20 Summit in Los Cabos, Mexico. (Associated Press)

Vladimir Putin orders ground troops to Syria after Obama’s use of moderate rebels flops

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times