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President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump board Air Force One, Wednesday, July 12, 2017, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md., en route to Paris. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

The Latest: Trumps, Macrons dine high above Paris

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President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump board Air Force One, Wednesday, July 12, 2017, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md., en route to Paris. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Donald Trump seeks consensus with France despite differences

By Vivian Salama - Associated Press

President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn upon arrival the White House in Washington, Saturday, July 8, 2017, from the G-20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Donald Trump backing off idea of ‘cyber security unit’ with Russia

By Jill Colvin - Associated Press

Trump's Middle East Red Line Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Syria chemical weapons use must be stopped

By Jed Babbin

FILE - This file photo posted on a file sharing website Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, by the Islamic State Group in Sinai, a militant organization, shows a deadly attack by militants on an Egyptian police checkpoint in el-Arish, north Sinai, Egypt. Egyptian officials say at least 10 security troops have been killed when a car bomb struck a military checkpoint followed by heavy gunfire in northeastern Sinai Peninsula. The officials say the Friday, July 7, 2017 attack started when a suicide car bomber rammed his vehicle into the checkpoint in southern Rafah village of el-Barth, followed by heavy shooting by dozens of masked militants on foot. Arabic reads, &quot;Walking around the building at the fire station after searching and taking control.&quot; (Islamic State Group in Sinai, via AP, File)

IS claims attack in Egypt’s Sinai that killed 23 soldiers

By ASHRAF SWEILAM and MAGGIE MICHAEL - Associated Press

FILE - This file photo posted on a file sharing website Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, by the Islamic State Group in Sinai, a militant organization, shows a deadly attack by militants on an Egyptian police checkpoint in el-Arish, north Sinai, Egypt. Egyptian officials say at least 10 security troops have been killed when a car bomb struck a military checkpoint followed by heavy gunfire in northeastern Sinai Peninsula. The officials say the Friday, July 7, 2017 attack started when a suicide car bomber rammed his vehicle into the checkpoint in southern Rafah village of el-Barth, followed by heavy shooting by dozens of masked militants on foot. Arabic reads, &quot;Walking around the building at the fire station after searching and taking control.&quot; (Islamic State Group in Sinai, via AP, File)

IS claims attack in Egypt’s Sinai that killed 23 soldiers

By ASHRAF SWEILAM and MAGGIE MICHAEL - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 Summit at the G20 Summit, Friday, July 7, 2017, in Hamburg. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

U.S., Russia broker cease-fire in Syria: Report

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

In this photo dated Sunday, June 18, 2017, Salah Sassi , a former Guantanamo detainee, is pictured during an interview with the Associated Press at his home in Bizerte, northern Tunisia. Two Tunisians freed after years in the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, say they are harassed relentlessly by security forces at home. Neither has ever been charged, and they say they almost yearn to return to captivity in Cuba than face the injustice and isolation they say they now endure.(AP Photo/Hassene Dridi)

Tunisia homeland worse than Guantanamo for 2 ex-prisoners

By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA - Associated Press

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a speech in Krasinski Square, in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, July 6, 2017.(AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

The Latest: Trump prepares for meeting with Putin

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Bond set for man accused of supporting Islamic State

Associated Press

Russian bombers fire cruise missiles at IS group in Syria

Associated Press

FILE - This undated file frame grab from video posted online May 29, 2017, by the Aamaq News Agency, a media arm of the Islamic State group, shows people inspecting damage from airstrikes and artillery shelling in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa, the de facto capital of the IS. The U.S. military said Tuesday, July 4, 2017, that allied Syrian forces have breached the wall around Raqqa's Old City, where they are fighting to drive Islamic State militants from the extremists' self-declared capital. (Aamaq News Agency via AP, File)

The Latest: US envoy: Breach of IS’ Raqqa wall a ‘milestone’

Associated Press

In this Friday, June 30, 2017 photo, people sunbathe at the Printania Palace Hotel, in Broummana, some 15 kilometers (about 10 miles) northeast of Beirut, Lebanon. The tourism industry in Lebanon is on the rebound, thanks in no small part to the misfortunes of its Middle East neighbors, engulfed by wars, chaos and political upheaval. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Lebanon sees tourism rebound as turmoil swallows region

By PHILIP ISSA - Associated Press

Fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) looked toward the northern town of Tabqa, Syria, where the city, its dam and its airfield were the coalition objectives this spring. The battle served as an example of how delegations of authority made a difference in speed of execution. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump’s ISIS annihilation strategy quickly liberates territory

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Illustration on a coming Middle East alignment by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Middle East peace requires specific Trump strategy

By James A. Lyons

FILE -- In this June 27, 2017 file photo and released on the official Facebook page of the Syrian Presidency, Syrian President Bashar Assad inspects the Russian Hmeimim air base in the province of Latakia, Syria. (Syrian Presidency via AP, File)

Analysis: Can IS be ousted from Syria without Assad’s help?

By ZEINA KARAM and JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

John Wider holds up a sign becoming Muslims in the Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport, Thursday, June 29, 2017, in Los Angeles. A scaled-back version of President Donald Trump's travel ban took effect Thursday evening, stripped of provisions that brought protests and chaos at airports worldwide in January yet still likely to generate a new round of court fights. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

More court challenges expected for Trump’s new travel ban

By MATTHEW LEE and ALICIA A. CALDWELL - Associated Press

Lebanon: Suicide attacks near Syria border kill 1 girl

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

In this Tuesday April 4, 2017, file photo, Abdel Hameed Alyousef, 29, holds his twin babies who were killed during a suspected chemical weapons attack, in Khan Sheikhoun in the northern province of Idlib, Syria. (Alaa Alyousef via AP, File)

Sarin used in deadly April 5 attack in Syria, OPCW probe confirms

By Mike Corder - Associated Press

Sudanese activist Tayeb Ibrahim, who had worked to expose Sudanese abuses in the volatile South Kordofan province and hopes to see family living in the U.S. state of Iowa, watches television with his son Mohammed, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, June 28, 2017. Dozens of Sudanese activists living in Egypt as refugees, many of whom fled fundamentalist Islamic militias and were close to approval for resettlement in the United States, now face legal limbo in Egypt after the Supreme Court partially reinstated President Donald Trump's travel ban. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Travel ban takes effect but less chaos expected

By MATTHEW LEE and ALICIA A. CALDWELL - Associated Press