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Iraqi security forces deploy inside Mosul's international airport in Iraq, Feb. 24, 2017. Iraqi forces pushed into the first neighborhood in western Mosul on Friday and took full control of the international airport on the city's southwestern edge from the Islamic State group, according to Iraqi officials. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)

IS stashed treasures in trenches, smashed walls to shock

By LORI HINNANT - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017 photo, U.S. Army soldiers stand outside their armored vehicle on a joint base with Iraqi army south of Mosul, Iraq. As Iraqi forces push into western Mosul coalition troops are closer to frontline fighting than ever before. Coalition forces have moved their bases closer to the front, relaxed their rules of engagement and during the push on Mosul airport coalition advisors were embedded with forward Iraqi rapid response and special forces units. Coalition officials say the change is helping speed up Iraqi military gains, but it marks a steady escalation of U.S. involvement in Iraq that could undermine the sustainability of Iraq's territorial victories. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)

US changes rules of engagement for Mosul fight in Iraq

By SUSANNAH GEORGE and BALINT SZLANKO - Associated Press

Iraqi special forces advance towards the western side of Mosul, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. The advance comes as part of a major assault that started five days earlier to drive Islamic State militants from the western half of Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)

Iraqi forces advance in Mosul, strike IS inside Syria

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SARAH EL DEEB and ANDREA ROSA - Associated Press

Iraqi Federal police deploy after regaining control of the town of Abu Saif, west of Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. Iraq's government-sanctioned paramilitary forces, made up mainly of Shiite militiamen, have launched a new push to capture villages west of the city of Mosul from Islamic State militants.(AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

The Latest: Iraqi forces take control of IS ‘sniper’ village

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Smoke rises from the western side of Mosul following a U.S.-led coalition airstrike, in Abu Saif, outside the western side of Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)

U.S.-backed Iraqi forces enter Mosul airport, military base

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Sinan Salaheddin - Associated Press

Federal police officers look towards Islamic State group territory as civilians flee the area, in the town of Abu Saif, Iraq, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. A military spokesman says Iraqi forces are consolidating their gains south of Mosul ahead of moving deeper into the city's Islamic State-held western half. The spokesman of the Joint Military Operation Command, Brig. Gen. Yahya Rasool, told The Associated Press that nearly 123 square kilometers -- about 47 square miles -- have been taken south of Mosul since the new push started on Sunday. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

Iraqi Shiite militias push to take villages west of Mosul

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Associated Press

A civilian kisses a federal police officer after escaping Islamic State territory in the town of Abu Saif, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. Iraqi forces advanced into the southern outskirts of Mosul in a push to drive Islamic State militants from the city's western half, as the visiting U.S. defense secretary met with officials to discuss the fight against the extremists.(AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

Iraqi forces on Mosul hilltop gird for fierce fight ahead

By SUSANNAH GEORGE and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Associated Press

Defense Secretary James Mattis was greeted by U.S. Ambassador Douglas Silliman at Baghdad International Airport Monday. (Associated Press)

Awaited military review of ISIS strategy due to the White House next week, Pentagon says

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Smoke rises from the town of Abu Saif after air strikes hit Islamic State militant positions, Monday, Feb. 20, 2017. Iraqi federal police units continued their advance towards western Mosul on Monday, battling Islamic State militants at a strategic hill south of the city's airport. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

Iraqi troops push into ISIS-held southern outskirts of Mosul

By Bram Janssen - Associated Press

FILE -- In this Jan. 24, 2017 file photo, Iraqi Army soldiers celebrate with residents of liberated neighborhoods as they hold upside down a flag of the Islamic State group, in the eastern side of Mosul, Iraq. The U.N. and several aid organizations say an estimated 750,000 civilians are still living under Islamic State rule in Mosul despite recent advances by Iraqi forces. Lise Grande, the U.N. Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq, said in a statement Tuesday that the cost of food and basic goods is soaring, water and electricity are intermittent and that some residents are forced to burn furniture to keep warm. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)

Iraqi forces advance on Islamic State-held western Mosul

By BRAM JANSSEN - Associated Press

FILE -- In this Dec. 6, 2016 file photo, an Iraqi soldier of the 9th division is seen within a Humvee in Shyma district in Mosul, Iraq. Iraqi forces, backed by the U.S.-led international coalition, launched a campaign in October to retake Mosul, the country's second largest city and IS's last major urban bastion in Iraq. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo, File)

Daunting urban terrain as Iraqis push into western Mosul

By SUSANNAH GEORGE - Associated Press

A member of the Iraqi federal police carries an Iraqi flag during a battle against the Islamic State, in Hamam al-Alil, Iraq, Sunday, Feb. 2017. U.S.-backed Iraqi forces launched a large-scale military operation on Sunday to dislodge Islamic State militants from the western half of Mosul city. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

Iraqi forces launch offensive to drive IS from western Mosul

By BRAM JANSSEN - Associated Press

ISIS Drone Attacks Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

ISIS drones could target Europe

By Douglas Burton

In this Friday, Oct. 21, 2016 photo, a U.S. soldier, left, prepares to launch a drone in a joint base with Iraqi army on the outskirts of Mosul, Iraq. Reverberations from President Donald Trump’s travel ban and other stances are threatening to undermine future U.S.-Iraqi security cooperation, rattling a key alliance that over the past two years has slowly beaten back the Islamic State group. Iraq’s prime minister, Haider al-Abadi, has sought to contain public anger sparked by the ban and by Trump’s repeated statements that the Americans should have taken Iraq’s oil, as well as his hard line against Iran, a close ally of Baghdad. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

IS counterattacks as Iraqi forces prepare for Mosul push

By BALINT SZLANKO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2016 file photo, U.S. Army soldiers move through Qayara West Coalition base in Qayara, some 50 kilometers south of Mosul, Iraq. Reverberations from President Donald Trump’s travel ban and other stances are threatening to undermine future U.S.-Iraqi security cooperation, rattling a key alliance that over the past two years has slowly beaten back the Islamic State group. Iraq’s prime minister, Haider al-Abadi, has sought to contain public anger sparked by the ban and by Trump’s repeated statements that the Americans should have taken Iraq’s oil, as well as his hard line against Iran, a close ally of Baghdad. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic, File)

Trump moves spark Iraqi anger, calls against future alliance

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SUSANNAH GEORGE - Associated Press

Smoke rises after airstrikes targeting Islamic State militants near the Khazer checkpoint outside of the city of Irbil in northern Iraq, Friday, Aug. 8, 2014. Iraqi Air Force has been carrying out strikes against the militants, and for the first time on Friday, U.S. war planes have directly targeted the extremist Islamic State group, which controls large areas of Syria and Iraq. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed) ** FILE **

ISIS ‘problem’ terrorists resort to malingering to avoid fight

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

In this Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017 photo, Nineveh police forces train with Spanish coalition members at Basmaya base 40 kilometers southeast of Baghdad, Iraq. The U.S.-led coalition is planning for the day Iraq will be free of the Islamic State group, ramping up the training of a future Mosul police force -- even as the battle for the city is temporarily on hold. The security forces are expected to move into villages of Ninevah province around Mosul and into parts of the city recently retaken from IS. The Iraqi military declared Mosul’s eastern half “fully liberated” in January and is now preparing to battle for the city’s western sector. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

US-led coalition trains Mosul police, plans for IS-free Iraq

By ALI ABDUL-HASSAN - Associated Press

Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis (left) and Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, met at the Pentagon last weekend. (Associated Press)

ISIS airstrike limits in Iraq come under review; James Mattis looks at Mosul

By Carlo Muñoz and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Image from Islamic State video.

ISIS drone dropping precision bombs alarms U.S. military

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times