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Hostage Review Will Make It Easier for Families to Pay Ransoms

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Yochi Dreazen, Lara Jakes
A Yemeni woman inpect a damaged car in a residential area that was destroyed by Saudi-led air strike last month, in the capital Sanaa, on May 18, 2015. Saudi-led coalition warplanes resumed strikes on rebel positions in southern Yemen after a five-day ceasefire expired, jeopardising efforts to deliver desperately needed aid. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED HUWAIS (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP/Getty Images)
A Yemeni woman inpect a damaged car in a residential area that was destroyed by Saudi-led air strike last month, in the capital Sanaa, on May 18, 2015. Saudi-led coalition warplanes resumed strikes on rebel positions in southern Yemen after a five-day ceasefire expired, jeopardising efforts to deliver desperately needed aid. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED HUWAIS (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP/Getty Images)

Saudi Arabia’s Unpaid Debt

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Lara Jakes
US Secretary of State John Kerry (2nd L) watches on a tablet as the US president addresses the US, at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne) on April 2, 2015, after Iran nuclear program talks finished with extended sessions. European powers and Iran on April 2 hailed a breakthrough in talks on reaching a deal to curtail Tehran's nuclear programme. AFP PHOTO / POOL / BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)
US Secretary of State John Kerry (2nd L) watches on a tablet as the US president addresses the US, at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne) on April 2, 2015, after Iran nuclear program talks finished with extended sessions. European powers and Iran on April 2 hailed a breakthrough in talks on reaching a deal to curtail Tehran's nuclear programme. AFP PHOTO / POOL / BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

For Now, U.S. Ready to Shelve Iran’s Past Military Programs to Win Nuclear Deal

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Lara Jakes, Colum Lynch
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U.S. Works to Bring More Sunni Tribal Fighters Into Islamic State War

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Paul McLeary, Lara Jakes
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Tough Talk on Islamic State, but Cold Shoulder for Iraq?

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Lara Jakes
Iraqi journalists watch a live broadcast on state television showing Iraq's former deputy premier Tareq Aziz sitting in the dock as the supreme criminal court passes a verdict of "deliberate murder and crimes against humanity," and sentencing him to death, on October 16, 2010. The court also sentenced Aziz to 15 years imprisonment for "committing torture" and 10 years for "participating in torture," and ordered that all of his known wealth be confiscated. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)
Iraqi journalists watch a live broadcast on state television showing Iraq's former deputy premier Tareq Aziz sitting in the dock as the supreme criminal court passes a verdict of "deliberate murder and crimes against humanity," and sentencing him to death, on October 16, 2010. The court also sentenced Aziz to 15 years imprisonment for "committing torture" and 10 years for "participating in torture," and ordered that all of his known wealth be confiscated. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)

In Death, the Two Faces of Saddam’s Top Diplomat

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Lara Jakes
An Iraqi man mourns the death of a relative, who was a member of the Popular Mobilisation units and died in combat against Islamic State (IS) group fighters in Anbar province, during his funeral in Iraq's central city of Najaf on May 28, 2015. AFP PHOTO / HAIDAR HAMDANI (Photo credit should read HAIDAR HAMDANI/AFP/Getty Images)
An Iraqi man mourns the death of a relative, who was a member of the Popular Mobilisation units and died in combat against Islamic State (IS) group fighters in Anbar province, during his funeral in Iraq's central city of Najaf on May 28, 2015. AFP PHOTO / HAIDAR HAMDANI (Photo credit should read HAIDAR HAMDANI/AFP/Getty Images)

U.N.: 1,031 Iraqis Killed Last Month in Conflict Against Islamic State

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Lara Jakes
Members of a brigade loyal to the Fajr Libya (Libya Dawn), an alliance of Islamist-backed militias, sit on a pick up truck mounted with a machine gun on March 15, 2015 in Libya's coastal city of Sirte, which lies 500 kilometres (310 miles) east of the capital, Tripoli. Rare clashes between fighters from the Islamic State group and Fajr Libya erupted on March 14, 2014 in Sirte, security and militia officials said, a month after Fajr Libya said it had sent reinforcements to the city to restore security. AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD TURKIA (Photo credit should read MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP/Getty Images)
Members of a brigade loyal to the Fajr Libya (Libya Dawn), an alliance of Islamist-backed militias, sit on a pick up truck mounted with a machine gun on March 15, 2015 in Libya's coastal city of Sirte, which lies 500 kilometres (310 miles) east of the capital, Tripoli. Rare clashes between fighters from the Islamic State group and Fajr Libya erupted on March 14, 2014 in Sirte, security and militia officials said, a month after Fajr Libya said it had sent reinforcements to the city to restore security. AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD TURKIA (Photo credit should read MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP/Getty Images)

Who’s Part of the Islamic State? Depends Whom You Ask.

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Lara Jakes
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In Yemen, Trying to Save People Without Selling Out

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Lara Jakes
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Just in Time for Drones Review, Senate Confirms New Attorney General

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Lara Jakes
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Yemen Is ‘Going Completely Down the Drain,’ Says U.N. Refugees Chief

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Lara Jakes
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Anyone in Tokyo Missing a Radioactive Drone?

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Lara Jakes
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Operation Cross-Purposes

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Yochi Dreazen, Lara Jakes
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State Department: No Americans Injured in Blast at U.S. Consulate in Erbil

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Lara Jakes
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Haider al-Abadi: Unabashed and Unplugged

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