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A candlelight vigil is held at the site of the Karada attack in Baghdad. The attack was the deadliest to hit the Iraqi capital during the campaign against the Islamic State. (Associated Press)

ISIS unleashes terrorist attacks amid string of battlefield defeats

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

A member of Iraqi counterterrorism forces stands guard near Islamic State militant graffiti in Fallujah, Iraq, Monday, June 27, 2016. Thick clouds of black smoke billowed over northwest Fallujah Monday as dozens of homes continued to burn a day after the city was declared “fully liberated” from the Islamic State group. Iraqi special forces Lt. Gen. Abdel Wahab al-Saadi who led the operation to retake the city, said that IS militants torched hundreds of houses in Fallujah's north and west as they fled Sunday, just as the fighters did in many of the city's other neighborhoods over the course of the operation. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Year-end goal to retake Mosul in question despite Fallujah victory: Pentagon

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Iraqi security forces patrol after defeating Islamic State militants in Fallujah, Iraq, Sunday, June 26, 2016. A senior Iraqi commander said the city of Fallujah was "fully liberated" from Islamic State militants on Sunday, (AP Photo)

Fallujah fully liberated from ISIS group, Iraqi commander says

By Sinan Salaheddin and Susannah George - Associated Press

Iraqi security forces look at confiscated Islamic State group weapons and ammunition after regaining control over the last week, in Ramadi, Iraq's Anbar province, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Osama Sami) ** FILE **

Iraq probes human rights violations in Fallujah offensive

By SINAN SALAHEDDIN and QASSSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Associated Press

Iraqi Sgt. Hashem Addawi, wounded during fighting against Islamic State militants, is treated for a shrapnel wound after an IS mortar attack at a field aid station at Camp Tariq, outside Fallujah, Iraq, Monday, June 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Aid group says Islamic State terror group is shooting civilians fleeing Fallujah battle

By Sinan Salaheddin - Associated Press

In this Sunday, May 29, 2016 photo, Iraqi security forces and allied Popular Mobilization forces fire artillery during fight against Islamic State militants in Fallujah, Iraq. Iraqi forces this week pushed into the city's southern sections after securing surrounding towns and villages more than 50,000 people are believed to be trapped inside the Sunni majority city, about 65 kilometers (40 miles) west of Baghdad. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)

Iraq halts Fallujah assault over civilian casualty concerns

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Iraqi forces repelled a four-hour attack by the Islamic State group in Fallujah on Tuesday, a day after moving into the southern edges of the militant-held city with the help of U.S.-led coalition airstrikes. This image was posted on a photo sharing website by an Islamic State militant media arm. (Associated Press)

Haider al-Abadi’s political pressures driving Fallujah campaign as much as strategy

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Iraqi security forces, with allied Shiite Popular Mobilization Forces and Sunni tribal fighters, gather ahead of an operation aimed at re-taking the Islamic State-held city of Fallujah, outside Fallujah, Iraq, Sunday, May 29, 2016. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Iraqi forces push into Fallujah as the Islamic State bombings kill 24

By Sinan Salaheddin - Associated Press

Smoke rises from Islamic State group positions after an airstrike by U.S.-led coalition warplanes in Fallujah, as Iraqi security forces and allied Shiite Popular Mobilization Forces and Sunni tribal fighters, take combat positions outside Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 23, 2016. Iraqi government forces on Monday pushed Islamic State militants out of some agricultural areas outside Fallujah as they launched a military offensive to recapture the city from the extremists, officials said. (AP Photo/Rwa Faisal)

Iraqi forces in place for final assault on Fallujah

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Chris Kyle is credited with 160 kills in Iraq, making him, as his book says, "the most lethal sniper in U.S. history." (Associated Press)

‘American Sniper’ Chris Kyle essential in 2004 Fallujah liberation

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Islamic State abusing women, removing them from public life

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

Gunman clash with Iraqi security forces in Fallujah, Iraq, Jan. 5, 2014. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

From IS militant to Iraq informant

By Vivian Salama - Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Obama’s neglect emboldens enemy in Iraq

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

In this Monday, June 9, 2014, image taken from video obtained from the Iraqi military, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, military soldiers prepare to take their positions during clashes with militants in the northern city of Mosul, Iraq. (AP Photo/Iraqi Military via AP video)

Sunni militants overrun Mosul as Iraq’s P.M. calls for state of emergency

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

An Iraqi man casts his vote at a polling station in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, April 30, 2014. A key election for a new Iraqi parliament was underway on Wednesday amid a massive security operation as the country continued to slide deeper into sectarian violence more than two years after U.S. forces left the country. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Iraq timeline: Key events since 2003 invasion

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Blast near Fallujah kills 4 Iraqi police

By Hamid Ahmed - Associated Press

BOOKS: ‘Shadow of the Sword’