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The Latest: Jury convicts man who traveled to Islamic State

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In this photo provided by the U.S. District Court, Alexandria, Va., Mohamad Khweis, 27, of Alexandria, Va. To the Kurdish peshmerga forces patrolling northern Iraq in March 2016, Khweis looked for all the world like an Islamic State suicide bomber. They certainly didn't peg him as a bus driver from the wealthy suburbs of Washington. (U.S. District Court, Alexandria, Va. via AP)

Jury convicts Virginia man who traveled to Islamic State

By MATTHEW BARAKAT - Associated Press

Livingston Awards honor work of younger journalists

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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

Illustration on Israel and the Six-Day War by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Six-Day War led to 50-year occupation

By Clifford D. May

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)

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

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 6, 2017, before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on the fiscal year 2018 budget. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

John Kelly: ‘Terrorist travel’ threat backs up Trump ban

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

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

President Donald Trump waves as he departs an Air Traffic Control Reform Initiative event in the East Room at the White House, Monday, June 5, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Legal experts to Trump on travel ban: Twitter hurting cause

By SADIE GURMAN - Associated Press

Syrian children, evacuated from Aleppo, stand inside a tent at a refugee camp near Idlib, Syria, Friday, Dec. 16, 2016. Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says 7,500 civilians have been evacuated from the Syrian city of Aleppo and that he has reached out to Tehran in a bid to keep the process on track.(AP Photo)

Donald Trump refugee numbers drop sharply

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Friday, Aug. 19, 2016, file frame grab provided by Russian Defense Ministry press service, long-range Kalibr cruise missiles are launched by a Russian Navy ship in the eastern Mediterranean. The Russian Defense Ministry says in a statement on Wednesday, May 31, 2017, that the Admiral Essen frigate and the Krasnodar submarine launched the missiles at IS targets in the area of the ancient city of Palmyra. (Russian Defence Ministry Press Service photo via AP, File) **FILE**

Russia fires cruise missiles, targets IS positions in Syria

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA - Associated Press

In this image provided by the Pentagon, a leaflet the U.S. dropped in Syria warning the forces to leave the area. A Pentagon spokesman said the leaflets told the pro-government forces to leave the established protected zone, which is about 55 kilometers around an area where U.S. and coalition forces have been operating. (Pentagon via AP)

Pro-Syrian forces staying in border area despite US warnings

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Tuesday May 23, 2017, provided by the Syrian anti-government activist group, the Hammurabi's Justice News, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a U.S.-backed anti-government Syrian fighter form Maghaweer al-Thawra stands on a vehicle with heavy automatic machine gun, left, next of an American soldier who also stands on his armored vehicle, right, as they take their position at the Syrian-Iraqi crossing border point of At Tanf, south Syria. (Hammurabi's Justice News via AP) ** FILE **

Iranian-backed forces amassing near U.S. training base in Syria

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 24, 2017, file photo, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley holds a food parcel provided by the World Food Programme, part of the humanitarian aid shipments into Syria, during a visit at the Reyhanli border crossing with Syria, near Hatay, southern Turkey. Haley is presenting another side of President Donald Trump's “America First” doctrine, one that focuses on human rights and humanitarian assistance. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, Pool)

From Nikki Haley, another side of Trump’s ‘America First’

By JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

FILE -- In this Monday, Nov. 7, 2016, file photo, this frame grab from a video provided by Qasioun a Syrian opposition media outlet, shows U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces fighters stationed near Ein Issa, north of Raqqa, Syria. As the U.S.-led coalition ratchets up military operations in Syria ahead of a long awaited assault on the Islamic State group’s de facto capital Raqqa, the legacy of an Iraqi train and equip program _ though it has had some success _ is also marked by allegations of abuse and $1 billion dollars in unaccounted for weapons, highlighting the perils of empowering local forces in the fight against IS. (Qasioun a Syrian Opposition Media Outlet, via AP, File)

Allegations of abuse, mismanagement shadow gains against IS

By SUSANNAH GEORGE and ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, May 9, 2017, file photo, smoke rises during heavy fighting between Islamic State militants and Iraqi special forces in the industrial area of west Mosul, Iraq. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)

In shadow of Mosul fight, Iran establishes Nineveh foothold

By SUSANNAH GEORGE and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Associated Press

Secretary of Defense James Mattis walks into Michie Stadium to give the commencement address, Saturday, May 27, 2017, in West Point, N.Y. Nine Hundred and thirty six cadets received their diplomas, most of whom will be commissioned as second lieutenants in the army. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

James Mattis: New era of protracted, small wars with extremists

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

The Latest: Trump to take travel ban to Supreme Court

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