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FILE - In this undated file image posted on Monday, June 30, 2014, by the Raqqa Media Center of the Islamic State group, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, fighters from the Islamic State group parade in Raqqa, north Syria. With Islamic State's near total defeat on the battle field, the extremist group has reverted to what it was before its spectacular series of conquests in 2014 _ a shadowy terror network that targets vulnerable civilian populations and exploits state weaknesses to incite on sectarian strife. But a recent surge in false claims of responsibility for attacks also signals that the group is struggling to stay relevant after losing its proto-state and its dominance of the international news agenda. (AP Photo/Raqqa Media Center of the Islamic State group, File)

IS reverting to insurgency tactics after losing caliphate

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

In this image provided by the U.S. Air Force, a C-17 Globemaster III, assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, conducts combat airlift operations for U.S. and coalition forces in Iraq and Syria on April 13, 2018. The drama of U.S. and allied missiles strikes on Syria has obscured the fact that the U.S.-led campaign to eliminate the Islamic State from Syria has stalled. This is an illustration of the many-layered complexities of the Syrian conflict. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt Gregory Brook)

After Syria missile strikes, US stuck in holding pattern

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

Iraqi Special Forces soldiers walk to the frontline as Iraqi forces continue their advance against Islamic State militants in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, July 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

IS attack underscores fragility of Iraqi security forces

By SUSANNAH GEORGE - Associated Press

This file photo released Tuesday June 23, 2016 by the New Syrian Army, an anti-government rebel group, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows U.S.-backed Syrian rebels of the New Syrian Army gathering in an unknown place in Syria. A humiliating defeat came Wednesday, June 29, 2016 for the New Syrian Army's offensive to capture Boukamal, a prize possession of the Islamic State group and their last border crossing between Iraq and Syria. The quick unraveling of the budding offensive reflects the difficulties in U.S. efforts to create an effective Syrian force against IS. (The New Syrian Army via AP, File)

Syria’s new U.S.-backed force stumbles in first test

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

Iraq routed ISIS from Ramadi at a high cost: A city destroyed

By Susannah George, Desmond Butler and Maya Alleruzzo - Associated Press

U.S. soldiers (left) participate in a training mission with Iraqi army soldiers outside Baghdad on May 27, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

As army rebuilds, Iraqi assault to retake Mosul months away

By SUSANNAH GEORGE and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Associated Press