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In this Oct. 22, 2014, file photo, thick smoke from an airstrike by the U.S.-led coalition rises in Kobani, Syria, as seen from a hilltop on the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)

Syria Kurds yet to be fully embraced by U.S. in anti-IS fight

By Ryan Lucas - Associated Press

Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi speaks during a press conference at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015. (AP Photo/Stefan Wermuth, Pool) ** FILE **

Haider al-Abadi, Iraqi prime minister, to visit Washington

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

A halt in U.S. airstrikes against Islamic State positions in Tikrit is slowing a potential retaking of the larger city of Mosul from the terrorist army. (Associated Press)

Tikrit assault stalls as Obama withholds U.S. airstrikes to avoid Iran ties, analysts say

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

This late 2003 file image obtained by The Associated Press shows an unidentified detainee standing on a box with a bag on his head and wires attached to him at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/File)

Judge orders U.S. release of military detainee abuse photos

By Jennifer Peltz - Associated Press

Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 18, 2015, before the House Armed Services Committee hearing on President Obama's use of military force proposal against IS and the Defense Department's budget. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Martin Dempsey: Iraq experience has ‘déjà vu’ feeling

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015, before the Senate Armed Services Committee to deliver the annual assessment by intelligence agencies of the top dangers facing the country. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Iran threat rhetoric from U.S. intelligence community softer amid Obama nuclear talks

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

This undated image shows a frame from a video released Friday, Oct. 3, 2014, by Islamic State militants that purports to show the militant who beheaded of taxi driver Alan Henning . Mohammed Emwazi has been identified by news organizations as the masked militant more commonly known as "Jihadi John." A former hostage who had been held in Syria by Islamic State extremists has described mock executions and other forms of psychological torture. Spanish journalist Javier Espinosa wrote in the Sunday Times Sunday March 15, 2015 that militant Mohammed Emwazi played a lead role in the mock executions. Emwazi is the Londoner nicknamed Jihadi John who has played a central role in a series of beheading videos made in Syria. (AP Photo) — FILE

Islamic State chemical attack possible at home, U.S. officials say

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Hakim al-Zamili, a parliament member and head of Security and Defense Committee, right, visits the front line during a battle against Islamic State militants in Tikrit, 130 kilometers (80 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, March 16, 2015. The offensive to retake Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit began March 2. The city is one of the largest held by the Islamic State militants on the road connected Baghdad and Mosul. Iraqi Interior Minister Mohammed Salem al-Ghabban said Monday that the campaign had halted temporarily to allow civilians in the city to evacuate and to enable troops to clear roadside bombs planted by the extremists. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

ISVARI MOHAN: Pop culture holds the answer to ISIS

By Isvari Mohan

Iraqi fighters chant slogans against extremists at the front line during a battle against Islamic State militants in Tikrit, 130 kilometers (80 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, March 16, 2015. The offensive to retake Saddam Hussein&#8217;s hometown of Tikrit began March 2. The city is one of the largest held by the Islamic State militants on the road connected Baghdad and Mosul. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Kurds probe 2 possible Islamic State chemical weapon attacks

By Maeva Bambuck and Sinan Salaheddin - Associated Press

The offensive to retake Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit from Islamic State jihadis is being closely monitored by those in nearby Mosul, as Tikrit's fate may determine Mosul's destiny as well. (Associated Press)

Mosul waits for battle against Islamic State with hope and anxiety

By Ammar Al Shamary and Gilgamesh Nabeel — Special to The Washington Times

An Iraqi Army tank prepares to attack Islamic State extremists in Tikrit, 130 kilometers (80 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 13, 2015. Iraqi forces entered Tikrit for the first time on Wednesday from the north and south. On Friday, they fought fierce battles to secure the northern Tikrit neighborhood of Qadisiyya and lobbed mortars and rockets into the city center, still in the hands of IS. Iraqi military officials have said they expect to reach the center of Tikrit within two to three days. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Islamic State used chlorine gas as a chemical weapon, Iraqi Kurds say

Associated Press

This May 12, 2014, file photo taken from video by Nigeria's Boko Haram terrorist network shows their leader Abubakar Shekau speaking to the camera. (AP Photo/File)

Islamic State group accepts Boko Haram pledge of allegiance

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

Iraqi security forces clashes with Islamic State extremists at the front line in Qadisiyah neighborhood in Tikrit, 80 miles (130 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, March 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed) ** FILE **

U.S. soldier gets wounded at Iraqi training site

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Iraqi forces clashed with Islamic State militants in the Qadisiyah neighborhood of Tikrit on Thursday. Iraq's defense minister said the operation to retake Tikrit is "essential to opening a corridor" for Baghdad-aligned forces to move north toward Mosul. (Associated Press)

Tikrit offensive vital in reversing Islamic State gains in Iraq and Syria, analysts say

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2015 file photo French riot officers patrol in Longpont, north of Paris, France. EU interior ministers meeting in Brussels on Thursday, March 12, 2015, were to be asked to decide that the passports of everyone leaving or entering the 26-nation Schengen area should be checked against databases to ensure they are not stolen, forged or void. The EU made fighting terrorism a top priority after the Jan. 7-9 attacks in Paris that claimed 17 victims. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

EU ministers beef up anti-terror measures

By JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG - Associated Press

In this still image taken from video, soldiers fire toward a target in Tikrit, Iraq on Wednesday, March 11, 2015. (AP Photo)

Iraqi troops clash with Islamic State group in Iraq’s Tikrit

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra - Associated Press

In this photo taken Monday, March 9, 2015, a B-1 bomber is seen at the al-Udeid Air Base in Doha, Qatar. The base is the regional nerve center for the air war against the militants who have taken over nearly a third of Iraq and Syria. That makes it the main hub for coordinating warplanes from the U.S. and 11 other nations in the coalition carrying out bombing raids. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal)

In coalition of many, U.S. air power does the heavy lifting

By ADAM SCHRECK - Associated Press

Ashton Carter: Islamic State ‘metastasizing,’ U.S. intervention desperately needed

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

In this still image taken from video a soldier fires from behind a building in Tikrit, Iraq on Wednesday, March 11, 2015. Iraqi soldiers and Shiite militiamen entered the Islamic State-held city of Tikrit on Wednesday, authorities said, breaching one of the biggest strongholds of the extremists in a key test for Iraqi forces. (AP Photo)

Iraqi soldiers, militiamen enter Islamic State-held Tikrit

By Sameer N. Yacoub - Associated Press

Zhang Chunxian, the Communist Party secretary of the Xinjiang province, claimed Tuesday that an unspecified number of Uighurs have "fled overseas and joined the Islamic State." "We have also found that some who fought returned to Xinjiang to participate in terrorist plots," Mr. Zhang said. (Associated Press)

China says Uighurs bring Islamic State terror back from jihad, plot attacks

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times