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FILE - In this, Sept. 25, 2017 file photo, a boy carries a Kurdish flag on top of a car with pictures of Kurdish president Masoud Barzani and his son Masrour on the windows, in the disputed city of Kirkuk, Iraq. The office of Iraq's parliament speaker says Salim Jabouri is traveling to the country's Kurdish region to meet with Barzani, Sundaay, Oct. 8, 2017. The move comes in the wake of the Kurdish regional vote for independence in a controversial referendum two weeks ago. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen, File)

Iran-backed militias hinder U.S. adviser mission in Iraq

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Although Tal Afar's city center and key infrastructure centers are under Iraqi control, Pentagon officials say coalition forces remain engaged in dangerous back-clearing operations against Islamic State. (Associated Press)

Iraq battles ISIS, looks to political stability

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this Sunday, May 29, 2016 file photo, Iraqi security forces and allied Popular Mobilization forces fire artillery during a fight against Islamic State militants in Fallujah, Iraq. Iraq's mostly Shiite militia forces say they will participate in the next major battle against IS in Iraq after victory was declared in Mosul last month. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil, File)

Thousands flee as Iraq steps up airstrikes on IS-held town

By BALINT SZLANKO and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, May 12, 2015, picture, Iraqi security forces search Shiite pilgrims marching toward the Imam Mousa al-Kazim shrine to commemorate the anniversary of the imam's death in Baghdad, Iraq, The anniversary of the 8th-century imam's death draws tens of thousands of Shiites from all walks to converge on his golden-domed shrine in northern Baghdad. The pilgrims typically march to the shrine while hundreds of tents are erected to offer them free food, drinks and services. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Iraq says airstrike kills senior Islamic State commander

By Sinan Salaheddin - Associated Press

This undated image posted by the Raqqa Media Center, a Syrian opposition group, on Monday, June 30, 2014, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, shows fighters from the al Qaeda linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) during a parade in Raqqa, Syria. (AP Photo/Raqqa Media Center)

ISIL destroying Shiite mosques, holy sites in seized territory

Associated Press

Security forces patrol on Tahrir Square in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, June 16, 2014. Sunni militants captured a key northern Iraqi town along the highway to Syria early on Monday, compounding the woes of Iraq's Shiite-led government a week after it lost a vast swath of territory to the insurgents in the country's north. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Sunni militants capture Iraqi city near Syria

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SAMEER N. YACOUB - Associated Press

Sgt. 1st Class Josh Olson lost his right leg after being hit by an RPG in Tal Afar, Iraq, in October 2003. He's currently stationed at Fort Benning in Georgia as part of the Army's Marksmanship Unit. (Andrew S. Geraci)

An RPG took Josh Olson’s leg, but not sharpshooter’s spirit

By Nathan Fenno - The Washington Times

Iraq backlash