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Residents who fled towns and villages near Mosul during the fight between Iraqi Security Forces and Islamic State militants moved to a camp for displaced people outside Irbil. Some U.S. officers in Baghdad believe the Obama administration is rushing plans for a Mosul offensive so it takes place before the November presidential election. (Associated Press)

Obama rushing Mosul offensive against ISIS to influence election, troops fear

By Rowan Scarborough - 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

A war planner at the Pentagon said Islamic State fighters are losing land and are restricted in maneuvers on the battlefield as coalition precision airstrikes destroy vehicles, locations and munitions. (U.S. Navy)

ISIS unleashes suicide bombers on Iraq, but Pentagon remains upbeat

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

FILE - EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - This image made from video posted online April 19, 2015 by supporters of the Islamic State militant group on an anonymous photo sharing website, members of an IS affiliate walk captured Ethiopian Christians along a beach in Libya. The video purportedly shows two groups of captives: one held by an IS affiliate in eastern Libya and the other by an affiliate in the south. A masked militant delivers a long statement before the video switches between footage that purportedly shows the captives in the south being shot dead and the captives in the east being beheaded on a beach. (Militant video via AP, File)

ISIS urges fighters to dress as Iraqi security forces while committing atrocities

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Islamic State fighters left a path of death and destruction as they blazed their way through northern Iraq last year and captured two key Sunni-dominated cities. Some analysts predict they will try to make further incursions during Ramadan, including in Baghdad. (Associated Press)

Islamic State keeps firm grip one year after Mosul’s fall

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter (Associated Press) **FILE**

Ashton Carter’s candor on national security matters creates headaches for Obama

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

In this April 23, 2015, file photo, Iraqi security forces and tribal fighters regain control of the northern neighborhoods, after overnight heavy clashes with Islamic State group militants, in Ramadi, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Iraqi forces fighting to retake Ramadi

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Vice President Joe Biden talks with Iraq's Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi during a session of the U.S.-Iraq Higher Coordinating Committee, Thursday, April 16, 2015, in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Joe Biden tries to smooth over tensions with Baghdad

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this image made from video posted on a social media account affiliated with the Islamic State group on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, militants attack ancient artifacts with sledgehammers in the Ninevah Museum in Mosul, Iraq. Islamic State militants have looted and vandalized the museum in Mosul, Iraq&#8217;s 2nd largest city, and have massively damaged the ancient cities of Hatra and Ninevah both UNESCO world heritage sites. (AP Photo via militant social media account, File)

Obama’s Islamic State solution still military advisers in Iraq, says U.S.-led coalition winning

By Dave Boyer and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

An Iraqi soldier helped one of thousands of Ramadi residents leave Wednesday after the city was seized by Islamic State fighters. Former trainers say Iraqi troops are in dire need of unity and leadership in government. (Associated Press)

Iraq forces ex-trainers see fatal flaws for Iraqi soldiers

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Afghan security forces inspect the site after a suicide car bombing attack in Kabul on Tuesday. The stepped-up tempo of terrorist strikes in the heart of Afghanistan's capital raises fresh questions about whether U.S. efforts to stand up and train Afghanistan's armed forces will ever pay off militarily. (Associated Press)

Iraq, Afghanistan forces struggling despite years of U.S. investment, training

By Jacqueline Klimas and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Iraqis from Ramadi gathered at the Bzebiz bridge after fleeing Ramadi and spending the night walking toward Baghdad on Saturday. Islamic State militants seized the center of their city in western Iraq, but U.S. officials say the takeover is only temporary. (Associated Press)

Islamic State seizes Ramadi, Iraq, counters U.S. claim terrorist group on defensive

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Security forces defend their headquarters against attacks by Islamic State extremists during sand storm in the eastern part of Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, 115 kilometers (70 miles) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, May 14, 2015. Islamic State extremists tend to take advantage of bad weather when they attack Iraqi security forces positions, an Iraqi officer said. (AP Photo)

Islamic State takeover in Ramadi will be ‘costly’ for terrorist group, U.S. warns

By Jacqueline Klimas and Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Iraqi Hezbollah fighters carry the coffin of their comrade, Ali Mansour, who his family says was killed in Tikrit fighting Islamic militants, during his funeral procession, in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, March 2, 2015. Backed by allied Shiite and Sunni fighters, Iraqi security forces on Monday began a large-scale military operation to recapture Saddam Hussein's hometown from the Islamic State extremist group, state TV said, a major step in a campaign to reclaim a large swath of territory in northern Iraq controlled by the militants. (AP Photo/Jaber al-Helo)

U.S. won’t provide airstrikes for Iraqi offensive against Islamic State: Pentagon

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Barbero, warning about a plan to retake Iraq's second-largest city, said "Mosul is 1.4 to 1.8 million people. It's always been a hostile place." (Associated Press)

Mission to retake Mosul from Islamic State doomed, general says

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

A group of selected Marines representing Camp Pendleton listen as Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel answers their questions during his short visit to the base Tuesday Aug. 12, 2014. Hagel announced the deployment of another 130 U.S. troops to Iraq in remarks to Marines at this Southern California base on the final stop of a weeklong, around-the-world trip that also took him to India, Germany and Australia. (AP Photo/The Orange County Register, Paul Rodriguez)

Obama deploys 1,500 more U.S. troops to Iraq

By Dave Boyer and Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

The Turkish military is fortifying its border as fighting intensifies between Syrian Kurds and the Islamic State group in Kobani, which has been under attack for weeks. (Associated Press)

Islamic State withstands bombing campaign, plots Baghdad invasion

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden meet with members of the National Security Council in the Situation Room of the White House, Sept. 10, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

President Obama’s war advisers not instilling confidence on Islamic State strategy

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the shadowy leader of the Islamic State, delivers a sermon posted on social media outlets that the militants use. (Associated Press)

ISIL shows increasing strength and structure, takes war where al Qaeda couldn’t

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times