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An Iraqi special operations soldier monitors radio traffic in Fallujah, which has been under siege by the Islamic State group for two years. U.S. advisers say major battlefield losses to the militant group could trigger headline-grabbing terrorist attacks during the holy month of Ramadan.

ISIS losing territory, foreign fighters as coalition forces attack on multiple fronts

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this Friday, May 27, 2016, file photo, U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter delivers remarks during the U.S. Naval Academy's graduation and commissioning ceremony in Annapolis, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Ashton Carter seeks faster tempo in fight on Islamic State

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this photo taken on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016, Syrian government troops fire at Islamic State group positions near Mahin, Syria. The nearly five-year Syrian conflict has left at least 250,000 people dead, forced millions to flee the country and given an opening to the Islamic State group to capture territory in Syria and Iraq. It has drawn in U.S. and Russia, as well as regional powers such as Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Iran. (Alexander Kots/Komsomolskaya Pravda via AP)

Turkey offers joint ops with U.S. forces in Syria, wants Kurds cut out

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sunday Feb. 15, 2015 file photo provided by the Syrian anti-government activist group Aleppo Media Center (AMC), which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, Syrian rebels fire locally made shells against the Syrian government forces, in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center, AMC, File)

Syria rebels under fire from IS militants, government troops

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

In this April 9, 2016 photo, Kurdish peshmerga soldiers stand guard at a check point in Rabia, northwestern Iraq. When Iraqi Kurdish forces retook Rabia last year it was a major advance against the Islamic State group, which had swept across northern and western Iraq in the summer of 2014 and declared its caliphate across its territory in Iraq and Syria. Now 18 months later, the town demonstrates the difficulties of returning to the way things were before the IS rampage. (AP Photo/Alice Martins)

U.S. special ops troops in Syria ordered to remove Kurdish insignia

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Syrian Arab trainees practice firing their small arms at an undisclosed training range in northern Syria on Saturday, May 21, 2016. Army Gen. Joseph Votel, the top U.S. commander for the Middle East has secretly visited Syria for a first-hand look at efforts to build cohesive alliances of Arab, Kurd and other local fighters to defeat the Islamic State. (AP Photo/Robert Burns)

Pentagon stands by noncombat role of U.S. forces in Syria

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrians gather in front of a burning car at the scene where suicide bombers blew themselves up, in the coastal town of Tartus, Syria, Monday, May 23, 2016. The Syrian TV said suicide bombers blew themselves followed by a car bomb in a parking lot packed during morning rush hour. (SANA via AP)

Multiple blasts in Syria government strongholds kill 80

By Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

Demonstrators chant pro-Islamic State group slogans as they wave the group's flags in front of the provincial government headquarters in Mosul, Iraq, on June 16, 2014. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

ISIS seeks to destroy Israel, ‘liberate’ Jerusalem with Sinai Peninsula terrorist force

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Army Gen. Joseph Votel speaks to reporters Saturday, May 21, 2016, during a secret trip to Syria. Votel said he is encouraged by progress in building local Syrian Arab and Kurdish forces to fight the Islamic State. (AP Photo/Robert Burns)

Top U.S. commander makes secret visit to Syria

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

Army Gen. Joseph Votel speaks to reporters Saturday, May 21, 2016, during a secret trip to Syria. Votel said he is encouraged by progress in building local Syrian Arab and Kurdish forces to fight the Islamic State. (AP Photo/Robert Burns)

Gen. Joseph Votel, top U.S. commander for the Middle East, makes secret visit to Syria

By Robert Burns - Associated Press

In this Thursday, April 14, 2016 photo, a Russian vehicle is seen on a road as smoke rises from a controlled land mine detonation by Russian experts in the ancient town of Palmyra in the central Homs province, Syria. An American heritage organization says the Russian military is constructing a new army base in the central Syrian town of Palmyra, within the protected zone that holds the archaeological site listed by UNESCO as world heritage. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

U.S. weighs joint airstrikes with Russia in Syria

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In the near term, President Obama's move to add 250 U.S. troops to the 50 inserted in Syria should result in an accelerated process to assemble, train and advise a coalition of democratic forces fighting the Islamic State group. (Associated Press)

Bob Gates blasts Obama for deceiving public on role of combat troops in Iraq and Syria

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this Thursday, April 14, 2016 photo, Journalists are see next to Russian vehicles as they block a road leading to the ancient city of Palmyra in central Homs province, Syria. An American heritage organization says the Russian military is constructing a new army base in the central Syrian town of Palmyra, within the protected zone that holds the archaeological site listed by UNESCO as world heritage. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Assad won’t budge in Syria; Obama lacks leverage: Former diplomat

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Thursday, April 14, 2016 photo, Russian soldiers stand guard in the ancient city of Palmyra in the central Homs province, Syria. An American heritage organization says the Russian military is constructing a new army base in the central Syrian town of Palmyra, within the protected zone that holds the archaeological site listed by UNESCO as world heritage. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

L. TODD WOOD: Russia building army base in Palmyra, Syria

By L. Todd Wood

This undated handout image released on Friday, May 13, 2016, by Hezbollah Media Department, shows slain top military commander Mustafa Badreddine smiling during a meeting. Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group said its top military commander Mustafa Badreddine was killed in Syria. (Hezbollah Media Department via AP)

Mustafa Badreddine, top Lebanese Hezbollah military commander, killed in Syria

By Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

People gathered to observe a minute of silence and mourn for the victims of the bombings at the Place de la Bourse in the center of Brussels, Belgium, on March 24. (Associated Press)

Saliha Ben Ali fights jihadi recruitment through SAVE Belgium after son’s death

By Linda A. Thompson - Special to The Washington Times

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian citizens and firefighters gather at the scene where one of rockets hit the Dubeet hospital in the central neighborhood of Muhafaza in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, May 3, 2016. Shells and mortar rounds are raining down on every neighborhood Aleppo," said Aleppo-based health official Mohammad Hazouri, speaking from Al-Razi hospital. (SANA via AP)

Pentagon confirms ISIS recruiter, wife killed during U.S. airstrike in Syria

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times