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In this Thursday, May 9, 2019 photo released by the U.S. Navy, the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln transits the Suez Canal in Egypt. The aircraft carrier and its strike group are deploying to the Persian Gulf on orders from the White House to respond to an unspecified threat from Iran. (Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Dan Snow, U.S. Navy via AP)

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U.S. pulls nonessential staff from Iraq amid Mideast tensions

by Jon Gambrell Associated Press, and Philip Issa Associated PressMay 15, 2019

The U.S. on Wednesday ordered all nonessential government staff to leave Iraq, and Germany and the Netherlands both suspended their military assistance programs in the country in the latest sign of tensions sweeping the Persian Gulf region over…

In this March 18, 2019 photo, Um Yusuf, a widow of an Islamic State group militant, and her daughter make bread to sell, in Mosul, Iraq. Thousands of Iraqi families face crushing social and legal discrimination -- all because of the choices their male relatives made under the Islamic State group’s rule. Um Yusuf cannot get social assistance, and her teenage son Omar is being turned away from jobs. (AP Photo/Farid Abdulwahed)

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ISIS legacy of guilt weighs heavily on Iraqi widows, children

by Philip Issa Associated Press, and Salar Salim Associated PressApril 24, 2019

U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters pose for a photo on a rooftop overlooking Baghouz, Syria, after the SDF declared the area free of Islamic State militants after months of fighting on Saturday, March 23, 2019. The elimination of the last Islamic State stronghold in Baghouz brings to a close a grueling final battle that stretched across several weeks and saw thousands of people flee the territory and surrender in desperation, and hundreds killed. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

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U.S.-allied Syrian force declares victory over Islamic State

by Philip Issa Associated Press, Andrea Rosa Associated Press, and Maya Alleruzzo Associated PressMarch 23, 2019

An illumination round lights up the battlefield as U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fire on Islamic State militant positions in Baghouz, Syria, Monday, March 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

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Islamic State group calls on followers to avenge Syria siege

by Philip Issa Associated Press, and Maamoun Youssef Associated PressMarch 12, 2019

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, is welcomed by U.S. ambassador to Iraq Douglas Silliman, second left, arrives in Baghdad, Iraq, during a Middle East tour, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool Photo via AP)

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On Mideast trip, Pompeo makes unannounced Iraq stop

by Philip Issa Associated PressJanuary 9, 2019

This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows Syrian government forces overseeing the evacuation by bus of rebels and their family from the towns of Ruhaiba in the eastern Qalamoun region in the Damascus countryside, Syria, Saturday, April 21, 2018. Syrian state media says several buses have left the towns of Ruhaiba, Jayroud, and al-Nasriya carrying hundreds of rebels and their families to opposition territory in north Syria. (SANA via AP)

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Chemical weapons inspectors collect samples from Syria site

by Philip Issa Associated PressApril 21, 2018

Russian soldiers and Syrian government forces gather next to a bus during the evacuation of rebel fighters from the Army of Islam from the town of Dumayr, northeast of Damascus, Syria, on Thursday.

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Syrian rebels give up Damascus area town to government

by Philip Issa Associated PressApril 19, 2018

FILE - In this Saturday, April 14, 2018 file photo, UN vehicles carrying the team of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), arrive at hotel hours after the U.S., France and Britian launched an attack on Syrian facilities for suspected chemical attack against civilians, in Damascus, Syria. The OPCW has been thrust once again into the international limelight by a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy in Britain and allegations of a chemical bombardment on the Syrian city of Douma. It is now attempting to investigate, but its experts have not yet been able to visit the scene. (AP Photo/Bassem Mroue, File)

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U.N. team fired on at site of alleged chemical attack

by Philip Issa Associated Press, and Michael Corder Associated PressApril 19, 2018

This image made from video released by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows medical workers treating toddlers following an alleged poison gas attack in the opposition-held town of Douma, in eastern Ghouta, near Damascus, Syria, Sunday, April. 8, 2018. The Civil Defense said patients were having difficulty breathing and burning in their eyes. Syrian opposition activists and rescuers said Sunday that a poison gas attack on a rebel-held town near the capital. The Syrian government denied the allegations, which could not be independently verified. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP)

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Suspected poison gas kills at least 40 in Damascus suburb

by Philip Issa Associated PressApril 8, 2018

In this photo released on Wednesday Feb. 21, 2018, provided by the Syrian Civil Defense group known as the White Helmets, shows a member of the Syrian Civil Defense group carries a boy who was wounded during airstrikes and shelling by Syrian government forces, in Ghouta, a suburb of Damascus, Syria. New airstrikes and shelling on the besieged, rebel-held suburbs of the Syrian capital killed at least 10 people on Wednesday, a rescue organization and a monitoring group said. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP)

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Hospitals overwhelmed by bombing blitz of Damascus suburbs

by Philip Issa Associated Press, and Zeina Karam Associated PressFebruary 21, 2018