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In this Friday, Jan. 27, 2017 photo, drones belonging to Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq. Islamic State is hacking store-bought drone technology, using rigorous testing and tactics that mimic those used by U.S. unmanned aircraft to adapt to diminishing numbers of fighters and a battlefield that is increasingly difficult to navigate on the ground. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)
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In this Friday, Jan. 27, 2017 photo, an Iraqi officer inspects drones belonging to Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq. Islamic State is hacking store-bought drone technology, using rigorous testing and tactics that mimic those used by U.S. unmanned aircraft to adapt to diminishing numbers of fighters and a battlefield that is increasingly difficult to navigate on the ground. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)
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Protesters assemble at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York to protest President Trump's travel ban from seven Muslim-majority countries. Faith leaders have been among the most vocal critics of the order. (Associated Press)
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President Obama imposed a temporary freeze on refugees to tighten a shaky vetting process, but once the freeze was lifted, there was still no reliable way to distinguish terrorists from peaceful refugees or legitimate travelers, jihadi analysts say. (Associated Press)
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A proposal for more U.S. Special Forces deployed inside Syria will expand the mission to train and possibly fight alongside the Kurdish People's Protection Unit and other militias in the campaign to capture Islamic State's de facto "capital" of Raqqa. (Associated Press)
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A patriotic tie and pin are worn by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie as he addresses a question on President Donald Trump's travel ban during a news conference, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, in Newark, N.J. The Republican governor said Tuesday that the rollout of President Donald Trump's executive order restricting travel from seven majority-Muslim countries was "terrible." Christie said Trump's intention to protect the country from terrorist attacks is right but that the order was explained so "unartfully" that it allowed the president's opponents to mischaracterize it. He said Trump deserves to be better served by his advisers. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie addresses a question on President Donald Trump's travel ban during a news conference, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, in Newark, N.J. The Republican governor said Tuesday that the rollout of President Donald Trump's executive order restricting travel from seven majority-Muslim countries was "terrible." Christie said Trump's intention to protect the country from terrorist attacks is right but that the order was explained so "unartfully" that it allowed the president's opponents to mischaracterize it. He said Trump deserves to be better served by his advisers. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie addresses a question on President Donald Trump's travel ban during a news confernece, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, in Newark, N.J. The Republican governor said Tuesday that the rollout of President Donald Trump's executive order restricting travel from seven majority-Muslim countries was "terrible." Christie said Trump's intention to protect the country from terrorist attacks is right but that the order was explained so "unartfully" that it allowed the president's opponents to mischaracterize it. He said Trump deserves to be better served by his advisers. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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Somali refugees Habiba Mohamed and Abdalla Munye pose for a portrait to Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, in Decatur, Ga.. The couple's 20-year-old daughter is unable the leave Somalia due to the travel ban implemented by President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
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Somali refugee Habibo Mohamed speaks during a news conference on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, in Decatur, Ga.. Mohamed's 20-year-old daughter is unable the leave Somalia due to the travel ban implemented by President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
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Fired acting Attorney General Sally Q. Yates is hailed as a hero by Democrats for refusing to enforce President Trump’s order on refugees. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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A wounded Ukrainian soldier is treated in Avdiivka, Ukraine, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017. Fighting between government troops and Russia-backed separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine escalated on Tuesday, killing at least eight people late Monday and early Tuesday, injuring dozens and briefly trapping more than 200 coal miners underground, the warring sides reported.(AP Photo/Inna Varenytsia)
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This document, photographed in Washington, on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, set the government’s requirements for a $500 million contract to expand the military’s psychological operations campaign against the Islamic State and other extremist groups. Contractors allege that changes in the requirements aided the bid of the eventual winner, defense giant Northrop Grumman. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick
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FILE - In this image provided by the U.S. Army, then-Lt. Col. Victor Garcia walks during a change of command ceremony at Fort Bragg, N.C. Garcia, a 1990 West Point graduate and decorated officer who served in Afghanistan and Iraq, led U.S. Central Command’s information operations division from 2013 through July 2016. The division is the command’s epicenter for firing back at the Islamic State’s online propaganda machine. An AP investigation found it is plagued by incompetence, skewed data and cronyism. (Staff Sgt. Christopher Franklin/U.S. Army via AP)
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FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2017, file photo, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, right, and U.S. President Donald Trump walk into the Pentagon in Washington. Mattis is making his debut with a visit to staunch U.S. allies South Korea and Japan, both of which host tens of thousands of American troops and, for good reason, see North Korea as their biggest national security threat. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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COMBINATION PHOTO - In this two photo combination picture, the Eiffel Tower is switched off just after midnight in memory of the victims of the attack in Quebec, Tuesday Jan. 31, 2017 in Paris. A shooting at a Quebec City mosque during evening prayers left six people dead and eight others wounded in an attack that Canada's prime minister called an act of terrorism. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
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CORRECTS NAME AND TITLE TO LABIDI FROM LABIBI AND VICE PRESIDENT FROM PRESIDENT - Mohamed Labidi, the vice-president of the mosque where an attack happened, is comforted by Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard, left, and Quebec City mayor Regis Labeaume, right, during a news conference Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, about the fatal shooting at the Quebec Islamic Cultural Centre on Sunday. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Couillard both characterized the attack at the mosque during evening prayers as a terrorist act. (Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press via AP)
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Alexandre Bissonnette is escorted to a van after appearing in court for Sunday's deadly shooting at a mosque, Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, in Quebec City. The French Canadian suspect known for his far-right, nationalist views was charged Monday with six counts of first-degree murder and five counts of attempted murder in the shooting rampage at the Quebec City mosque that Canada's prime minister called an act of terrorism again Muslims. (Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press via AP)
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Alexandre Bissonnette is escorted to a van Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, in Quebec City, after appearing in court for Sunday's deadly shooting at a mosque. The French Canadian suspect known for his far-right, nationalist views was charged Monday with six counts of first-degree murder and five counts of attempted murder in the shooting rampage at the Quebec City mosque that Canada's prime minister called an act of terrorism again Muslims. (Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press via AP)
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One of Chile's worst fire waves on record shows its vulnerability to terrorism. Forest fires intentionally set have resulted in over $200 million in damage and about a dozen deaths. Some investigators suspect anarchists and indigenous militants are to blame. (Associated Press)
