War_Conflict

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Robert D'Andrea, a retired Army major and Iraq war veteran, holds a frame with a photo of his team on his first deployment to Iraq on Friday, Oct. 21, 2016 in his home in Los Angeles. Nearly 10,000 California National Guard soldiers have been ordered to repay huge enlistment bonuses a decade after signing up to serve in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Pentagon demanded the money back after audits revealed overpayments by the California Guard under pressure to fill ranks and hit enlistment goals. If soldiers refuse, they could face interest charges, wage garnishments and tax liens, D'Andrea said he was told to repay his $20,000 because auditors could not find a copy of the contract he says he signed. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times via AP)

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Children join demonstrators in laying teddy bears outside the gates of Downing Stree in central London during a protest to highlight the high numbers of children killed in bombings in Syria and to demand the government intervene over Russian and Syrian bombing campaigns, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)

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U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter arrives in Baghdad, Iraq to meet with his commanders and assess the progress in the opening days of the operation to retake the city of Mosul from Islamic State militants, on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016. His visit comes two days after a U.S. service member was killed outside Mosul, underscoring the risk that American troops are taking as they advise Iraqi forces in the fight. (AP Photo/Lolita Baldor)

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Ben Emmerson, U.N. special investigator on counter-terrorism and human rights, holds a news conference on migration policies, Friday, Oct. 21, 2016, at U.N. headquarters. Emmerson accused Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Friday of peddling "lies and xenophobia" by claiming a link between Syrian refugees and Islamic State extremists. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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In this June 16, 2014, file photo, demonstrators chant pro-Islamic State group slogans as they carry the group's flags in front of the provincial government headquarters in Mosul, Iraq. (AP Photo, File)

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A group of young Turks stage an anti-US protest outside the Parliament before a visit by US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter in Ankara, Turkey, Frday, Oct. 21, 2016. Carter met with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other top leaders and defense officials in Ankara amid escalating tensions between Turkey and Iraq over Turkish military operations in northern Iraq as allied forces move to retake Mosul from Islamic State militants.( AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici )

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FILE - In this June 24, 2016, file photo, Bollywood film maker Karan Johar poses for photographers at the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Rocks Green Carpet for the 17th Edition of IIFA Weekend and Awards in Madrid, Spain. Political tensions erupted in September 2016 between nuclear-armed neighbors after the deadly rebel attack on an Indian military base which has resulted in Hindu nationalists asking for a boycott of all Pakistani artists. Johar released a video message asking Hindu nationalist protesters to not disrupt the Oct. 28 release of his big-budget romantic drama "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil," or "Difficulties of the Heart," which features Pakistani actor Fawad Khan in a small role after (AP Photo/Samuel de Roman, File)

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In this file photo released early Monday, Oct. 17, 2016, and provided by the Syrian Civil Defense group known as the White Helmets, rescue workers try to remove a boy stuck in the debris of a building in the neighborhood of Qaterji in rebel-held east Aleppo following an airstrike in Aleppo, Syria. The Syrian government has opened a corridor Friday, Oct. 21, 2016, for rebels and civilians who want to leave the besieged eastern neighborhoods of the city of Aleppo. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP, File)

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In this image made from video, smoke rises from a building where two militants are believed to be holed up, according to Rudaw TV, in Kirkuk, Iraq, Friday, Oct. 21, 2016. Militants armed with assault rifles and explosives attacked targets in and around the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk early on Friday in an assault quickly claimed by the Islamic State group and likely aimed at diverting authorities' attention for the battle to retake IS-held Mosul. (Rudaw TV via AP)

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Iraqi special forces charged into the Mosul battle Thursday with a pre-dawn advance on the nearby town held by the Islamic State group, a key part of a multipronged assault on eastern approaches to the besieged city. (Associated Press)

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A member of Iraq's elite counterterrorism forces pauses as they advance towards the city of Mosul, Iraq, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016. Iraq’s special forces, which barreled into a town east of Mosul on Thursday despite a wave of suicide attacks, are the country’s most professional and least sectarian fighting force. Officially known as the Counter Terrorism Service, the troops have played a key role in wresting back towns and cities from IS, and are expected to lead the charge in Mosul. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

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Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi is seen on a screen as he speaks via a videoconference during a ministerial summit to hold discussion on the future of Mosul city, post-Islamic State, in Paris, France, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016. Diplomats from the U.S., Iraq and some 20 other countries are meeting to make a stabilization plan for Mosul, as the international military operation to free the Iraqi city from Islamic State extremists advances. (Regis Duvignau/Pool Photo via AP)

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Protesters carry a mock missile symbolizing an advanced U.S. missile defense system called Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, during a rally to oppose a plan to deploy the THAAD in front of the Defense Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016. The U.S. military says it detected a "failed" North Korean missile launch on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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A man watches a TV news program showing a file image of missile launch conducted by North Korea, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016. The U.S. military says it detected a "failed" North Korean missile launch on Wednesday. The U.S. Strategic Command issued a statement late Wednesday saying it presumed the missile was a Musudan intermediate-range ballistic missile.(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

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While Defense Secretary Ashton Carter prepared for his trip to Turkey, a senior Iraqi general on Wednesday called on Iraqis fighting for the Islamic State to surrender as a wide-scale operation to retake Mosul entered its third day. Story, A11. (Associated Press)

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FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2016 file photo, Iraqi Army Cpl. Saif holds a phone displaying a screenshot from a video released by the Islamic State group that shows his brother, in Irbil, Iraq. He claims the video showed his brother's execution. Just over two years ago, Saif was holed up in a corner of Mosul’s Nineveh hotel as he first began hearing rumors that his senior officers were fleeing the militant group’s advance. Now, he’s among the Iraqi forces beginning a massive operation to retake the country’s second city from the militants.(AP Photo/Alice Martins, File)

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A helicopter belonging to the international coalition forces takes off from a base outside Mosul, Iraq, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016. (AP Photo) ** FILE **

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FILE - In this file image made from video posted online on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016 by Qasioun News Agency, Turkish-backed Syrian opposition forces patrol in Dabiq, Syria. Turkish-backed Syrian opposition forces have captured the symbolically significant town of Dabiq from the Islamic State group, the factions said Sunday morning. Simultaneous attacks on the Islamic State-held city of Mosul in Iraq and Raqqa, the de facto IS capital across the border in eastern Syria, would make military sense: They would make it harder for the extremists to move reinforcements and deny them a safe haven. (Qasioun News Agency via AP, File)