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FILE - In this March 9, 2017 file photo, Iraqi civilians walk toward Iraqi security forces after fleeing their homes due to fighting between government forces and Islamic State militants, on the western side of Mosul, Iraq. 3,351,132 _ The number of Iraqis across the country who remained displaced by violence in the fight against IS as of June 30, according to the U.N. migration agency. As Iraqi forces have retaken territory from the militants, more than 1,952,868 people have been able to return home. Of those still displaced, the vast majority are from Nineveh province, where Mosul is located. Some 700,000 are sheltering in camps, while the rest are living with extended family or in rented housing. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)

By the numbers: The fight against Islamic State in Iraq

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Iraqi Special Forces soldiers celebrate after reaching the bank of the Tigris river as their fight against Islamic State militants continues in parts of the Old City of Mosul, Iraq, Sunday, July 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Iraqi leader congratulates troops in Mosul; fight goes on

By SUSANNAH GEORGE and SINAN SALAHEDDIN - Associated Press

Iraqi Special Forces soldiers walk to the frontline as Iraqi forces continue their advance against Islamic State militants in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, July 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

IS attack underscores fragility of Iraqi security forces

By SUSANNAH GEORGE - Associated Press

Iraqi civilians flee through the rubble of destroyed houses in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq, Tuesday, July 4, 2017. As Iraqi forces continued to advance on the last few hundred square kilometers of Mosul held by the Islamic State group, the country's Prime Minister said Tuesday the gains show Iraqis reject terrorism. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

The Latest: US: Anti-IS strikes have killed 603 civilians

Associated Press

Fleeing Iraqi civilians walk past the heavily damaged al-Nuri mosque as Iraqi forces continue their advance against Islamic State militants in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq, Tuesday, July 4, 2017. As Iraqi forces continued to advance on the last few hundred square kilometers of Mosul held by the Islamic State group, the country's Prime Minister said Tuesday the gains show Iraqis reject terrorism. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

UN: 2,000 flee daily from Mosul Old City as IS hold shrinks

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An Iraqi Special Forces soldier stands in position in an alley as Iraqi forces continue their advance against Islamic State militants in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, July 5, 2017. Some 300 Islamic State fighters remain in the small patch of territory still controlled by the group in Mosul's Old City, a senior Iraqi commander said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Top U.S., coalition leaders to discuss path forward in ISIS fight after Mosul, Raqqa

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Iraqi special forces Lt. Col. Salam Hussein, center, and his team watch Islamic State positions using a surveillance camera near the frontline in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, July 5, 2017. Some 300 Islamic State fighters remain in the small patch of territory still controlled by the group in Mosul's Old City, a senior Iraqi commander said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Iraqi commander says 300 ISIS fighters holed up in Mosul

Associated Press

A Federal Police Rapid Response Force fighter walks inside a building at Mosul's main hospital complex after it was retaken by Iraqi forces during fighting against Islamic State militants, in Mosul, Iraq, Tuesday, July 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Iraqi commander says IS in ‘fight to the death’ in Mosul

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Civilians flee through a destroyed alley as Iraqi Special Forces continue their advance against Islamic State militants in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq, Sunday, July 2, 2017. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Iraq on cusp of Mosul victory but ISIS strikes back; 15 killed

By Andrea Rosa - Associated Press

Lieutenant General Raid Shaker Jawlat, center, of the Iraqi federal police talks with Colonel Pat Work of the U.S. Army's 82nd airborne division as they look at a map of Mosul, in Mosul, Iraq, Friday, June 30, 2017. Work warned that as Iraqi forces close in on the Islamic State group's last remaining positions in Mosul the troops are at increased risk of friendly fire attacks. (AP Photo/Balint Szlanko)

In final stages of Mosul fight, US plays larger role

By SUSANNAH GEORGE - Associated Press

A bomb exploded behind the al-Nuri mosque complex, as seen through a hole in the wall of a house, as Iraqi special forces moved toward Islamic State militant positions in the Old City of Mosul on Thursday. (Associated Press)

Iraq’s Mosul victory over ISIS imminent

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

Children play on debris in a neighborhood recently retaken by Iraqi security forces during fighting against Islamic State militants in west Mosul, Iraq, Sunday, June 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

IS fighters launch counterattacks in west Mosul neighborhood

By BALINT SZLANKO - Associated Press

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This image provided by U.S. CENTCOM shows al-Nuri mosque destroyed by the Islamic State group, in Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, June 21, 2017. The Islamic State group destroyed the mosque and its iconic leaning minaret known as al-Hadba when fighters detonated explosives inside the structures Wednesday night, Iraq's Ministry of Defense said. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi tweeted early Thursday, June 22, 2017 that the destruction was an admission by the militants that they are losing the fight for Iraq's second-largest city. (U.S. CENTCOM via AP)

ISIS militants destroy 12th century mosque in Iraq’s Mosul

By Balint Szlanko - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, June 8, 2009 file photo, residents walk past the crooked minaret in a busy market area in Mosul, Iraq. Iraq’s ministry of defense says Islamic State militants destroyed the al-Nuri mosque in Mosul and the adjacent iconic leaning minaret when fighters detonated explosives inside the structures late Wednesday night on June 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)

IS destroys iconic al-Nuri mosque in Mosul

By BALINT SZLANKO - Associated Press

In this frame grab from video, a doctor attends to a small girl who was taken ill with suspected food poisoning in the Hassan Sham U2 camp for displaced people located about 20 kilometers (13 miles) east of Mosul, Iraq, Tuesday, June 13, 2017. Iraq’s health minister, Adila Hamoud, told The Associated Press in Baghdad that 752 people had been taken ill and at least two died after they took part in a Monday night meal to break the Muslim dawn-to-dusk fasting during the holy month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Balint Szlanko)

Iraq: Food poisoning strikes hundreds at camp for displaced

By Balint Szlanko and Sinan Salaheddin - Associated Press

FILE -- In this Friday, March 11, 2016 file photo, Um Zainab a victim exposed to a chemical attack receives treatment at a hospital in Taza, 10 miles (20 kilometers) south of Kirkuk in northern Iraq. According to a new analysis from Conflict Monitor by IHS Markit, the Islamic State's chemical weapons capability has been degraded, although the group likely retains expertise to produce small batches of sulphur mustard and chlorine agents. (AP Photo, File)

Report: IS chemical weapons capability degraded

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Syrian Democratic Forces have made their way to Raqqa and begun a final battle to retake the city from the Islamic State group. (Reuters)

Raqqa ISIS capital assault by U.S-backed Syrian forces begins

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sunday, April 30, 2017, file photo, provided by the Syria Democratic Forces (SDF), shows a fighter from the SDF carrying weapons as he looks toward the northern town of Tabqa, Syria. A U.S. military official says the offensive against the Islamic State group's de facto capital, Raqqa &quot;will be long and difficult.&quot; Lt. Gen. Steve Townsend, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, says the assault by the Syrian Democratic Forces will deliver a decisive blow to the idea of IS &quot;as a physical caliphate.&quot; The Kurdish-led force launched an offensive to capture Raqqa on Tuesday.(Syrian Democratic Forces, via AP, File)

Q&A: Offensive against IS-held Raqqa has been long in coming

By PHILIP ISSA - Associated Press