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Kurdish peshmerga forces have proved to be the most formidable fighters against the Islamic State group. (Associated Press/File)

Islamic State mounts bombs on U.S. military vehicles; Kurdish peshmerga plead for arms

By Ernest Sipes - Special to The Washington Times

Smoke rises above a damaged building following a U.S.-led coalition airstrike against Islamic State group positions during a military operation to regain control of the eastern suburbs of Ramadi, in Anbar province, Iraq, on Aug. 15, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Fadhil Ahmad al-Hayali, ISIS second-in-command, killed in U.S. airstrike

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, right, holds a new conference before leaving to the United States at Baghdad airport, Iraq, Monday, April 13, 2015. The prime minister is making an in-person appeal to President Barack Obama for more help in defeating the Islamic State militants, hoping recent gains in the fight fueled by U.S. airstrikes will encourage more investment from a war-weary United States. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Iraq PM reduces Cabinet by one-third in reform push

By VIVIAN SALAMA and SINAN SALAHEDDIN - Associated Press

Under Islamic State rule, religious minorities like the Yazidis are treated like second-class citizens, cannot openly practice their religion, are sometimes forced to pay fines, and often face attacks on their places of worship, death or sexual slavery. (Associated Press)

Islamic State preys on all religions, but groups not of ‘the Book’ brutalized

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Survivors tell of life under Islamic State rule

By Zeina Karam, Vivian Salama and Bram Janssen and Lee Keath - Associated Press

Daily Briefing June 10, 2015

Exclusive Washington Times Daily Briefing (June 10, 2015)

Islamic State fighters left a path of death and destruction as they blazed their way through northern Iraq last year and captured two key Sunni-dominated cities. Some analysts predict they will try to make further incursions during Ramadan, including in Baghdad. (Associated Press)

Islamic State keeps firm grip one year after Mosul’s fall

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

William Wilberforce: The Shai Fund: Bringing help and hope to Iraq’s displaced Christians

By Lela Gilbert

After Gen. Martin Dempsey stepped down as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Obama administration all but removed land mines from the U.S. arsenal. (Associated Press/File)

Pentagon had no plan for Mosul’s fall in 2014: ‘There were a few surprises,’ Martin Dempsey says

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

President Obama introduces (from left) Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Adm. James A. Winnefeld, the new vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs; and Gen. Ray Odierno, the next Army chief of staff, during a Rose Garden ceremony at the White House in Washington on Monday, May 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

INTEL IMPOTENCE: Obama admin ‘surprised’ by fall of Mosul, had no contingency plans

By Joseph Curl - The Washington Times

Nineveh provincial governor Atheel al-Nujaifi said the U.S. will need to share military weaponry with Iraq's Sunni and Kurdish forces to help rout the Islamic State terror group. (Associated Press)

U.S. must alter arms flow to retake Mosul from Islamic State, Sunni lawmaker warns

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Nazhan Sakher, left, smokes a cigarette in the bedroom of the base on the frontline outside the city of Makhmour, northern Iraq, during a break in this Monday, April 20, 2015 photo. He leads a group of around 300 fighters from the al-Lehib tribe who have reluctantly allied with Iraqi troops and Kurdish forces to fight the Islamic State group — and fellow tribesmen who still support the extremists. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

Iraqi tribesmen fight their own after breaking with Islamic State group

By Bram Janssen and Sameer N. Yacoub - Associated Press

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi tours the city of Tikrit after it was retaken by the security forces in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, April 1, 2015. Iraq declared a "magnificent victory" over the Islamic State group in Tikrit, a key step in driving the militants out of their biggest strongholds. (AP Photo)

Iraq declares victory over Islamic State group in Tikrit

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Sameer N. Yacoub - Associated Press

moving in: Iraqi fighters on Tuesday went house to house and street by street in search of snipers and booby traps to liberate the city from the Islamic State. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said security forces reached the heart of the city. (Associated Press)

Iraqi forces take Tikrit, but victory celebration may be premature

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

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

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 July 27, 2005 file photo, a temple to the Shamash sun god still stands over 1,750 years after the Sassanian empire razed the Mesopotamian city of Hatra, 320 kilometers (200 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq's minister of tourism and antiquities told The Associated Press, Saturday, March 7, 2015, that the government is investigating reports that the ancient archaeological site of Hatra in northwestern Iraq is being demolished by militants from the Islamic State group. The group has already looted artifacts from Nimrud, another ancient archaeological site, on Friday and bulldozed it in a move UNESCO deemed &quot;a war crime.&quot; (AP Photo/Antonio Castaneda, File)

IS destroying another ancient archaeological site in Iraq

By SAMEER N. YACOUB and VIVIAN SALAMA - Associated Press