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The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces liberated the city of Raqqa from Islamic State militants on Tuesday, a senior commander for the force said. (Hawar News Agency via AP)
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ISIS falls in Raqqa — what comes next?

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This image made from a video provided by RUDAW TV shows what the Irbil-based Kurdish broadcaster says are Peshmerga fighters and volunteers arriving on military trucks in Kirkuk, Iraq, Monday, Oct. 16, 2017. (RUDAW TV via AP)
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Kurds must know rhetoric can never substitute for reality

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a warning to Russia, which has been Iran's partner in backing Syrian President Bashar Assad, during a meeting in Tel Aviv on Tuesday. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP)
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Benjamin Netanyahu: ‘Israel will not allow’ Iranian bases in Syria

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A commander with the Syrian Democratic Forces says Raqqa's national hospital, one of the militants' last holdouts in city, has been captured. (Syrian Democratic Forces via AP)
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Syrian Kurdish commander says Raqqa freed of ISIS

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Against the backdrop of the Kirkuk crisis, it was Qassem Soleimani who brokered a deal between the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Shiite militias, and the Iraqi federal government to avoid bloodshed. (AP Photo/Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader)
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Iran’s real foreign minister isn’t who you think it is

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Iraqi state media say Iraqi soldiers have entered disputed territories occupied by the nation's Kurds. The move comes three years after Kurdish militias seized the areas outside their autonomous region to defend against an advance by the Islamic State extremist group. (APTN via AP)
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Pentagon denies that a battle for Kirkuk is underway

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Iraqi state media say federal troops have entered disputed territories occupied by the nation's Kurds. The move comes three years after Kurdish militias seized the areas outside their autonomous region to defend against an advance by the Islamic State extremist group. (APTN via AP)
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What’s happening in Kirkuk and how the US should respond

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Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., warned of
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John McCain warns of ‘severe consequences’ amid Iraqi-Kurd clashes

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Iraqi state media say federal troops have entered disputed territories occupied by the nation's Kurds. The move comes three years after Kurdish militias seized the areas outside their autonomous region to defend against an advance by the Islamic State extremist group. (APTN via AP)
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US military downplays fighting in Iraq’s Kirkuk

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Barriers with defaced Kurdish flags are seen outside of an evacuated checkpoint in the village of Bashir, south of Kirkuk, Iraq, Friday, Oct. 13, 2017. Kurdish forces have withdrawn from the edges of a disputed region in northern Iraq, a commander said Friday, amid tensions with Iraq's central government over the administration of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk. The sentence on the barrier in Arabic reads:
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As chaos develops, what went wrong in Kirkuk, Iraq?

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