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In this Saturday, July 22, 2017 photo, a Kurd fighter Ardal, right, and Arab fighter, Abdullah, left, who fight together with the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), sit on their roof top position where they battle against the Islamic State militants, in Raqqa, northeast Syria. Kurds and Arabs are fighting side by side in the assault against the Islamic State group in Raqqa, but they have vastly different visions of what happens next. (AP Photo/Sarah El Deeb)

Arabs, Kurds unite against IS, but post-victory? ‘God knows’

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

Illustration on a three-pronged attack on Israel by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

The next war against Israel

By Jed Babbin

Syria 1 win from advancing from World Cup qualifying group

Associated Press

As the U.S. coalition continues its campaign against the Islamic State in Raqqa, many are resigned to the reality that Syrian President Bashar Assad will hold on to power. (Associated Press)

Syria’s Bashar Assad nears civil war victory

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Japan's Yosuke Ideguchi is congratulated by teammate Yuto Nagatomo, right, after scoring Japan's second goal against Australia during their World Cup Group B qualifying soccer match in Saitama, Japan, Friday, Sept. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)

Japan qualifies for World Cup, Syria still has a chance

By JIM ARMSTRONG - Associated Press

In this photo released by Lebanon's official government photographer Dalati Nohra, Lebanese Army Commander Gen. Joseph Aoun, right, and Spanish Defense Minister Yacoub Sarraf, left, listen to Lebanese President Michel Aoun, speaking to journalists at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017. Aoun declared victory against the Islamic State group Wednesday in a live statement praising the Lebanese army for carrying out the operation that ended with the deal to evacuate IS fighters and their families in return for information about nine troops who were kidnapped by IS in August 2014. (Dalati Nohra via AP)

U.S. airstrikes block evacuation of Islamic State militants

By BASSEM MROUE and JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

This photo provided on Monday, Aug 28, 2017 by the government-controlled Syrian Central Military Media, shows buses gathering before a planned evacuation of Islamic State group militants, in the mountainous region of Qalamoun, Syria. The remains of eight Lebanese soldiers kidnapped by the Islamic State group three years ago were located Sunday, a senior Lebanese official said, in a negotiated deal that followed a military offensive to drive the militants out of the border area with Syria. (Syrian Central Military Media, via AP)

After deal, IS allowed to leave Syria-Lebanon border area

By HASSAN AMMAR and SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 22, 2013 file photo, Iraqi and Lebanese Shiite fighters from a group called the Hussein Brigade use a helmet to draw sniper fire, during clashes with the Sunni-dominated Free Syrian Army, in the town of Hejeira, near Damascus, Syria. Thousands of Iranian-backed fighters in Syria’s desert central region are advancing east on three fronts, bringing Tehran closer to its goal of securing a corridor from its border through Iraq all the way to the Mediterranean that would give it unhindered land access to its allies in Syria and Lebanon for the first time. (AP Photo/Jaber al-Helo, File)

Iran extends reach with fight for land link to Mediterranean

By BASSEM MROUE and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Associated Press

"Yusuf" is shown in the Islamic State video. The video was obtained by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), which monitors jihadis. MEMRI could not confirm the boy’s identify.

ISIS new face of propaganda: 10-year-old American boy

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 21, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump gestures during a Presidential Address to the Nation about a strategy he believes will best position the U.S. to eventually declare victory in Afghanistan, Fort Myer in Arlington Va. Behind the detail-scarce rhetoric of the new Afghanistan strategy, elements of President Donald Trump's broader approach to foreign conflicts emerge: secret military plans, no &quot;nation-building&quot; and a reliance on regional players to squeeze wayward nations and extremist groups. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

New Afghanistan plan could offer clues to ‘Trump Doctrine’

By JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

In this April 15, 2017, file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves during a military parade in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

North Korea supplying Syria chemical weapons program, U.N. says

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 21, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump gestures during a Presidential Address to the Nation about a strategy he believes will best position the U.S. to eventually declare victory in Afghanistan, Fort Myer in Arlington Va. Behind the detail-scarce rhetoric of the new Afghanistan strategy, elements of President Donald Trump's broader approach to foreign conflicts emerge: secret military plans, no &quot;nation-building&quot; and a reliance on regional players to squeeze wayward nations and extremist groups. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

A ‘Trump Doctrine’? Clues in his new Afghanistan plan

By JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

This frame grab from video provided by the Lebanese Army official website, a Lebanese army tank fires during a battle against Islamic State militants, on the outskirts of Ras Baalbek, northeast Lebanon, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2017. Sunday's gains come a day after the U.S.-backed army launched its biggest military operation yet against IS, who in 2014 gained a foothold along the tiny Mediterranean country's border with Syria. The Arabic Hashtag reads, &quot;The Barren Mountains Dawn.&quot; (Lebanese Army Website via AP)

Bomb kills 3 Lebanese troops battling Islamic State

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

Brig. Gen. Ali Qanso, chief military spokesman, speaks during a press conference at the Lebanese Defense Ministry in Yarzeh near Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017. Lebanon's U.S.-backed army launched operations against Islamic State group positions inside the country on Saturday, to start the most serious engagement with the militants since they found a foothold here in 2014. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Lebanon starts offensive to clear border of IS militants

By PHILIP ISSA - Associated Press

UN completes first round of Syria polio vaccination campaign

Associated Press

Ohio man accused of plotting US attacks asks for leniency

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press

Lebanese army takes new areas on the border with Syria

Associated Press

In this undated photo of a group of immigrants, who arrived at Ellis Island in New York, wait in line to begin immigration proceedings. Senior White House aide Stephen Miller told reporters Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, that the poem written by Emma Lazarus about the &quot;huddled masses&quot; is not part of the original Statue of Liberty. Miller says the Statue of Liberty is a &quot;symbol of American liberty lighting the world&quot; and suggested the statue had little to do with immigrants. The National Park Services says Lazarus' sonnet depicts the statue as a symbol of immigration and opportunity. (AP Photo/File)

Put skilled foreigners first in immigration line

By Ralph Z. Hallow - The Washington Times

Illustration of Bashar Assad by Kevin Kreneck/Tribune Content Agency

Middle East predictions invariably inaccurate

By Daniel Pipes