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FILE- In this Jan. 6, 2016 file photo, Britain's deputy U.N. ambassador, Peter Wilson, addresses the press before attending a Security Council meeting on North Korea, at U.N. headquarters. Nations urging the U.N. to ban helicopter sales to Syria and impose other sanctions over chemical weapons attacks are pressing toward a vote shortly. But Russia is vowing a veto. Wilson, said after a closed-door Security Council meeting Friday, Feb. 24, 2017, that a vote will come &quot;as soon as possible.&quot; (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

UN Syria sanctions vote sought next week; Russia vows veto

By JENNIFER PELTZ - Associated Press

This image released by the Thiqa News Agency, damaged cars after a suicide attacker blew his small pick-up truck outside a security office in Sousian village, about 8 kilometers (5 miles) north of al-Bab, Friday, Feb. 24, 2017. A car bombing north of a Syrian town just captured by Turkish forces and Syrian opposition fighters from the Islamic State group killed several people, mostly civilians who had gathered trying to go back home, Turkey's news agency and Syrian activists said. (Thiqa News Agency, via AP)

The Latest: IS fighters in Syria’s Homs target gas pipeline

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This image released by the Thiqa News Agency shows damaged cars after a suicide attacker blew his small pick-up truck outside a security office in Sousian village, about 8 kilometers (5 miles) north of al-Bab, Friday, Feb. 24, 2017. A car bombing north of a Syrian town just captured by Turkish forces and Syrian opposition fighters from the Islamic State group killed several people, mostly civilians who had gathered trying to go back home, Turkey's news agency and Syrian activists said. (Thiqa News Agency, via AP)

Syria bombing kills 60; 2 Turkish troops die

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FILE - In this April 27, 2016 file photo, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford Jr. testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Dunford said Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, a Pentagon-led review of strategy for defeating the Islamic State group will present President Donald Trump with options not just to speed up the fight against IS but also to combat al-Qaida and other extremist groups beyond Iraq and Syria. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Dunford: Counter-IS plan will have global scope

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

Smoke rises after an airstrike by U.S.-led coalition warplanes as 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, coalition forces secure key territory in western Mosul offensive

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is seen at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. President Donald Trump is sending his Tillerson and Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly to Mexico on a fence-mending mission made all the more challenging by the actual fence he wants to build on the southern border. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Rex Tillerson told by senators: Hold Syria, Bashar Assad accountable for war crimes

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria Staffan de Mistura informs the media one day before the resumption of the negotiation between the Syrian government and the opposition, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)

The Latest: Turkish troops, fighters enter al-Bab center

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Russian defense minister happy with results of Syria mission

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press

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

Jim Mattis, U.S. defense secretary: No plan to seize Iraqi oil

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, center, is greeted by U.S. Ambassador Douglas Silliman as he arrives at Baghdad International Airport on an unannounced trip Monday, Feb. 20, 2017. Mattis said Monday the United States does not intend to seize Iraqi oil, shifting away from an idea proposed by President Donald Trump that has rattled Iraq's leaders. (AP Photo/Lolita Baldor)

US Defense Secretary Mattis: US will stay in Iraq a while

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Russia says 4 soldiers killed in roadside bombing in Syria

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Pentagon cites evidence of Islamic State ‘exodus’ from Raqqa

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

The Latest: Syria monitoring group says jihadis to join IS

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In this Feb. 9, 2017 photo, Umar Abdullah, head of the Islamic Front in southern Trinidad, speaks during an interview in Two Princesses Town, Trinidad and Tobago. Umar Abdullah said he has actively discouraged members from traveling to Syria to fight. He said he knew several young men who had become IS fighters, although he declined to provide specifics. (AP Photo/Ricardo Nunez)

Trinidad & Tobago tries to halt fighters to Islamic State

By RICARDO NUNES - Associated Press

In this picture taken Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, a Jordanian soldier stands at the north eastern border with Syria, close to the informal Rukban camp. The commander of Jordan's border guards says Islamic State extremists are expanding their influence in the sprawling border camp for tens of thousands of displaced Syrians, posing a growing threat to the U.S.-allied kingdom. (AP Photo/ Raad Adayleh)

Jordan commander: IS expands hold in border camp for Syrians

By KHETAM MALKAWI and OMAR AKOUR - Associated Press

ISIS Drone Attacks Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

ISIS drones could target Europe

By Douglas Burton

FILE -- In this April 14, 2016 file photo, Russian soldiers stand on a road as smoke rises from a controlled land mine detonation by Russian experts inside the ancient town of Palmyra, Syria in the central Homs province. Russia's defense ministry has released drone footage Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, showing new damage to Palmyra's archaeological site. The Islamic State group recaptured the ancient town in December from government troops, nine months after they were expelled in a Russia-backed offensive. The defense ministry said the footage was filmed earlier this month and showed a central section of Palmyra's famous theater lying in ruins. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

The Latest: Syria unveils new Hama statue to Assad’s father

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