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Victims of terrorist attacks were remembered in Paris, Berlin and Germany after Islamic State operatives infiltrated refugee flows. President Trump has placed a 120-day ban on immigration from what he considers high-risk Muslim-majority countries. (Associated Press)

ISIS finds success infiltrating terrorists into refugee flows to West

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Kinan Azmeh, 40, a Syrian musician who is one of thousands of valid US green card holders who have found their immigration status in limbo after Trump's order Friday, gives an interview to The Associated Press, in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017. Azmeh, who plays the clarinet, and is currently touring with renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma, said he is waiting to see whether he will be allowed to return to his New York home in the wake of President Donald Trump's travel ban on seven Muslim-majority nations. Azmeh, said he does not have a &quot;plan B&quot; if he is not allowed back into the United States on his scheduled return Wednesday. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Syrian musician in limbo after travel ban

By PHILIP ISSA - Associated Press

Protesters assemble at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017 after two Iraqi refugees were detained while trying to enter the country. On Friday, Jan. 27, President Donald Trump signed an executive order suspending all immigration from countries with terrorism concerns for 90 days. Countries included in the ban are Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen, which are all Muslim-majority nations. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Correction: Trump-Refugees-The Latest story

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President Donald Trump, left, hands Defense Secretary James Mattis, right, a pen after he signed an executive action on rebuilding the military during an event at the Pentagon in Washington, Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

US judge bars deportations under Trump travel ban

By ALICIA A. CALDWELL - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks on the phone with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

The Latest: Official says ruling will not affect travel ban

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President Donald Trump, accompanied by, from second from left, Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, Vice President Mike Pence, White House press secretary Sean Spicer and National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, speaks on the phone with with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

The Latest: Trump reaffirms NATO commitment to France

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Syrian refugee Ahmad Alabood answers a question during an interview in Kansas City, Mo., Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. Alabood told The Associated Press through an interpreter that he, his wife and five children have been treated warmly since they arrived in Missouri last year. Alabood whose family was the first to be resettled in the U.S. as part of the U.S. &quot;surge&quot; refugee program says President Donald Trump should help topple Syria’s regime rather than press to close off U.S. borders to more refugees. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

Refugees wish more focus on Syria, less on closing US doors

By JIM SUHR - Associated Press

Syrian refugee family grateful to be in Vermont ahead of ban

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President Donald Trump speak in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. A day ahead of Trump’s weekend call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the fight within the Republican Party over the direction of U.S. policy toward Moscow intensified. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump, Putin discuss ‘mutually beneficial’ trade, security

By JULIE PACE and VIVIAN SALAMA - Associated Press

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to the media during a joint news conference with Madagascar President Hery Rajaonarimampianina in Antananarivo, Madagascar, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. (Kayhan Ozer/Presidential Press Service, Pool Photo via AP)

Turkey warns against Syria ‘spoilers’

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Civilians flee their villages due to fighting between Iraqi security forces and Islamic State militants, on the outskirts of Mosul, Iraq, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Trump poised to seek new military options for defeating IS

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

This photo provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service shows Russian air force Tu-22M3 bombers strike the Islamic State group targets in Syria on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017. The mission, the third such bombing raid in four days, targeted the Islamic State group around Deir el-Zour in eastern Syria where the Islamic State group has launched an offensive against Syrian government forces. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service Photo via AP)

Russia urges caution on U.S. plan for safe zones in Syria

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

President Donald Trump, accompanied by Vice President Mike Pence, Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly, and others, speaks during a visit to the Homeland Security Department in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

The Latest: Trump to skip dinner with Washington elite

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Hawaii Rep. Gabbard says she met with Syria’s Assad

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Mounds of rubble used to be high-rise apartment buildings in the once rebel-held Ansari neighborhood in eastern Aleppo, Syria. Residents have been evacuated and are now refugees. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump eyes establishment of safe zones in Syria

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Feds say Arizona man guided college student toward terror

By LARRY NEUMEISTER - Associated Press

Hawaii Rep. Gabbard met with Syria’s Assad during trip

By RICHARD LARDNER - Associated Press

Mohammed Alloush, center, head of a Syrian opposition delegation, and other members attend talks on Syrian peace in Astana, Kazakhstan, Monday, Jan. 23, 2017. The talks are the latest attempt to forge a political settlement to end a war that has by most estimates killed more than 400,000 people since March 2011 and displaced more than half the country's population. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Syria’s motley crew of fighters now at negotiating table

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

U.N. Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura gestures as he arrives to attend the talks on Syrian peace in Astana, Kazakhstan, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017. The face-to-face meeting in Kazakhstan's capital is the latest in a long line of diplomatic initiatives aimed at ending the nearly 6-year-old civil war. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

The Latest: US welcomes attempt to reduce violence in Syria

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Kazakhstan's officials prepare working space for delegations at a hotel lobby where Russia, Iran and Turkey will hold talks on Syrian peace, in Astana, Kazakhstan, Monday, Jan. 23, 2017. The talks are the latest attempt to forge a political settlement to end a war that has by most estimates killed more than 400,000 people since March 2011 and displaced more than half the country's population. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

The Latest: Trump willing to work with Russia against IS

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