War_Conflict

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FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2013, file photo, the BRP Ramon Alcaraz, the second warship of the Philippine Navy, prepares to dock for a formal welcoming ceremony at Subic Freeport, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) northwest of Manila, Philippines. U.S. and Philippine navy ships have patrolled waters in the southern Philippines where kidnappings by ransom-seeking Abu Sayyaf militants have sparked a regional security alarm. U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Arlo Abrahamson said a Navy combat ship, the USS Coronado, and the Philippine Navy frigate BRP Ramon Alcaraz completed the four-day patrol at the Sulu Sea on Saturday, July 1, 2017, adding that the operation was carried out at the request of the Philippine government. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

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FILE - This undated file image provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) shows Isnilon Hapilon, who was purportedly designated leader of the Islamic State group's Southeast Asia branch in 2016 but has long ties to local extremist movements. The Philippines' defense chief said Monday, July 3, 2017, that Hapilon, the militant leader of the group that laid siege to a southern city of Marawi, is suspected to be hiding in a mosque there, days after he was reported to have fled the bombed-out city. (FBI via AP, File)

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FILE - In this Sunday, April 1, 2007, file photo, Donald Trump raises the arm of wrestler Bobby Lashley after he defeated Umaga at Wrestlemania 23 at Ford Field in Detroit. Trump body-slammed and then shaved the head of WWE boss Vince McMahon after what was known as the “Battle of the Billionaires." Wrestling aficionados say the president has, consciously or not, long borrowed the time-tested tactics of the game to cultivate the ultimate antihero character, a figure who wins at all costs, incites outrage and follows nobody’s rules but his own. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

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D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton congratulates Troop 100 on a century of accomplishments. Troop 100 celebrated its 100th anniversary in the Stone Hall of the National Presbyterian Church on Nebraska Avenue NW. (Emma Ayers/The Washington Times)

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The District's Boy Scouts Troop 100 celebrated its 100th anniversary Saturday with one of the oldest scoutmasters in the nation — 95-year-old Richard C. Evans. (Emma Ayers/The Washington Times)

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Jody Owens, director of the Mississippi office of the Southern Poverty Law Center, holds up a copy of a lawsuit filed on behalf of four African-American mothers with children in public elementary schools during a news conference in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, May 23, 2017. Mississippi is denying good schools to African American students and violating the federal law that enabled the state to rejoin the union after the Civil War, the Southern Poverty Law Center alleged Tuesday in a lawsuit trying to strengthen constitutional protections for education. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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FILE - In this June, 27, 2017 file photo, Rodrigo Londono, also known as Timoleon Jimenez or Timochenko, the top commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, gives his speech during an act to commemorate the completion of the disarmament process of FARC rebels, in Buenavista, Colombia. On Sunday, July 2, 2017, Timochenko was hospitalized with stroke, and remains in intensive care in Colombia. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)

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This screen-grab of proof-of-life undated video posted online by recently formed militant group Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen, shows South African hostage Stephen McGowan in an unknown location, with a caption reading in Arabic 'My name is Stephen McGowan.' An al-Qaida-linked group in Mali has released, Saturday, July 1, 2017, a proof-of-life video showing six foreign hostages, a group that monitors jihadist communications says, shortly before the French president's arrival in the West African country for an anti-terror summit. (Militant Video via AP)

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This undated frame grab from video, posted online by recently formed militant group Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen, shows hostage Beatrice Stockly of Switzerland in an unknown location, with a caption reading in Arabic 'My name is Beatrice Stockly'. An al-Qaida-linked group in Mali has released, Saturday, July 1, 2017, a proof-of-life video showing six foreign hostages, a group that monitors jihadist communications says, shortly before the French president's arrival in the West African country for an anti-terror summit. (Militant Video via AP)

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This undated frame grab from video, posted online by recently formed militant group Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen, shows hostage Gloria Cecilia Narvaez of Colombia in an unknown location, with a caption reading in Arabic 'My name is Gloria Cecilia Narvaez'. An al-Qaida-linked group in Mali has released, Saturday, July 1, 2017, a proof-of-life video showing six foreign hostages, a group that monitors jihadist communications says, shortly before the French president's arrival in the West African country for an anti-terror summit. (Militant Video via AP)

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This undated frame grab from video, posted online by recently formed militant group Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen, shows hostage Sophie Petronin of France in an unknown location, with a caption reading in Arabic 'My name is Sophie Petronin.' An al-Qaida-linked group in Mali has released, Saturday, July 1, 2017, a proof-of-life video showing six foreign hostages, a group that monitors jihadist communications says, shortly before the French president's arrival in the West African country for an anti-terror summit. (Militant Video via AP)

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This undated frame grab from video, posted online by recently formed militant group Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen, shows hostage Iulian Ghergut of Romania in an unknown location, with a caption reading in Arabic 'He misses his family and hopes to return home soon.' An al-Qaida-linked group in Mali has released, Saturday, July 1, 2017, a proof-of-life video showing six foreign hostages, a group that monitors jihadist communications says, shortly before the French president's arrival in the West African country for an anti-terror summit. (Militant Video via AP)

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This undated frame grab from video, posted online by recently formed militant group Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen, shows hostage Elliot Kenneth Arthur of Australia in an unknown location, with a caption reading in Arabic 'I'm Elliot Kenneth Arthur, I'm 82 years old, born in Australia.' An al-Qaida-linked group in Mali has released, Saturday, July 1, 2017, a proof-of-life video showing six foreign hostages, a group that monitors jihadist communications says, shortly before the French president's arrival in the West African country for an anti-terror summit. (Militant Video via AP)

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Civilians flee through a destroyed alley as Iraqi Special Forces continue their advance against Islamic State militants in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq, Sunday, July 2, 2017. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

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FILE - In this June 3, 2016 file photo, Palestinian lawmaker Khalida Jarrar is greeted by supporters after her release from an Israeli prison at the Jabara checkpoint near the West Bank town of Tulkarem. On Sunday, July 2, 2017, Israeli security forces detained Jarrar for alleged security offenses. The Shin Bet internal security service said Jarrar was arrested Sunday along with a Palestinian activist near the West Bank city of Ramallah for "promoting terror activities," without elaborating. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)

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Manny Pacquiao, right, of the Philippines and Jeff Horn of Australia fight during their WBO World welterweight title bout in Brisbane, Australia, Sunday, July 2, 2017. Pacquiao lost his WBO welterweight world title to Horn in a stunning, unanimous points decision in the Sunday afternoon bout billed as the Battle of Brisbane in front of more than 50,000 people. (AP Photo/Tertius Pickard)

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Police control participants and spectators during the Gay Pride demonstration and parade, the climax of the 10-day WorldPride festivities, in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, July 1, 2017. Hundreds of thousands of people are marching in a global gay pride demonstration in Madrid under tight security measures on Saturday. (AP Photo/Paul White)

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Colonel Pat Work of the U.S. Army's 82nd airborne division looks at the skyline, as he meets with Iraqi commanders near the front lines, on the rooftop of a house in Mosul, Friday, June 30, 2017. He warned that as Iraqi forces close in on the Islamic State group's last remaining positions in Mosul the troops are at increased risk of friendly fire attacks. (AP Photo/Balint Szlanko)

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