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Last month, the U.S. opened the
first such base since returning to
Iraq in 2014.
But al-Abadi faces challenges
of his own. Al-Abadi proposed a
new cabinet line-up amid
mounting pressure from sup-
porters of a hard-fine Shiite cler-
ic who last month staged rallies
and a sit-in next to the govern-
ment headquarters to demand
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peshmerga forces, Shiite militias
and pro-government Sunni
fighters, the extremist group still
holds significant territory.
Kerry said the war is being
won, albeit slowly.
IS has lost 40 percent of its
territory in Iraq, Kerry said. Oil
revenue is down by almost a
third. Airstrikes on cash storage
sites have cost the extremists
millions of dollars, leading rank-
and-file fighters to disobey or-
ders, flee positions and hide
among civilians as they’ve
watched their paychecks dwin-
dle and the group lose its aura of
invincibility.
The Islamic State territories
in Iraq and Syria are still a mag-
net for foreign fighters, and cells
are expanding around the
world.
And experts say Islamic
State’s staying power may be in-
spiring others, who’ve never
been in contact with the group,
to wage violence in its name. Re-
cent attacks in Brussels, Paris
and California underscore West-
ern fears.
Kerry said the Iraqi army is
still “shaping the operation.” He
offered no time frame for when
the actual assault might begin,
and he stressed that no addi-
tional American forces are being
considered.
There are 3,870 U.S. forces in
Iraq currently, though the num-
ber fluctuates.
By Bradley Klapper
Associated Press
BAGHDAD - U.S. Secre-
tary of State John Kerry backed
Iraq’s prime minister on Friday
in his efforts to resolve a mount-
ing political crisis, underlining
the importance of securing a
“unified and functioning gov-
ernment” in the fight against the
Islamic State. Kerry also
pledged $155 million in new U.S.
aid to Iraq.
Making an unannounced
visit to Baghdad, his first in two
years, Kerry held discussions
with Prime Minister Haider al-
Abadi as well as with Iraq’s for-
eign minister, the Sunni speaker
of parliament and a Kurdish re-
gional leader in what was de-
signed as a show of support for
the Iraqi government as it strug-
gles with ongoing security, eco-
nomic and political challenges.
He described al-Abadi’s effort to
reshuffle his cabinet as an inter-
nal matter, but said all sides in
Iraq must put sectarian or per-
sonal interests aside for the sake
of the nation’s future.
“It is important to have sta-
bility,” Kerry told reporters. “And
it is important to have a unified
and functioning government as
soon as possible, so that these
operations are not affected.”
Kerry’s trip coincides with
military advances. Iraqi forces
say they entered the strategically
important IS-held town of Hit
on Thursday, while the Penta-
gon is considering establishing
more small military outposts to
provide artillery support and
other aid to Iraqi forces readying
an assault on Mosul, Islamic
State’s stronghold in the country.
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Kerry said, trying to emphasize
neutrality. But he also said he
had “no doubt” that al-Abadi
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Such instability in Baghdad
has already hampered al-Aba-
di’s ability to lead the fight
against Islamic State. Last
month, al-Abadi pulled Iraqi
troops back from the front in
western Anbar province to help
maintain security in Baghdad
amid mounting protests.
Iraq’s entrenched corruption
is at the heart of the internal de-
bates, a problem compounded
by the country’s weakened eco-
nomic state as a result of crum-
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Last August, al-Abadi pro-
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but it has been stymied by sec-
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Prominent al-Qaida figure killed
in U.S. drone strike in Syria
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results of this strike are still being
assessed.”
On Wednesday, Syria’s al-Qai-
da branch known as the Nusra
Front confirmed the death of Abu
Firas al-Souri, a senior figure in
the group, in a U.S. airstrike that
also took place in Idlib province.
Al-Souri was killed on Sunday,
the group said.
Taha’s relative said dozens of
members of Islamic groups were
paying condolences Friday to the
family at the home of his brother,
Gharib, in the southern Egyptian
village of Nagaa Dunqal. Accord-
ing to the relative, Taha had told
his family he believes he is being
followed and just three days be-
fore his death he called his broth-
er from Syria to tell him that the
Americans are monitoring his
movements.
Taha was jailed in 2001 in
Egypt under the rule of then-
President Hosni Mubarak after
being detained in Syria and hand-
ed over to Cairo. He was released
after the long-serving leader was
removed from power in 2011
Before that he spent nearly
three decades outside Egypt, in-
cluding stints in Afghanistan and
Sudan where bin Laden lived,
and was also in Pakistan.
Taha was also involved in plot-
ting the assassination attempt
against Mubarak during a visit to
Ethiopia in 1995. The former
Egyptian president was not
harmed when his convoy was hit
with bullets.
In the early 1980s Taha, spent
five years in jail after the 1981 as-
sassination of Egyptian President
Anwar Sadat by Muslim extrem-
govemment forces fought fierce
battles Friday against militants
near the city of Aleppo, the coun-
try’s largest and once commercial
center, the Observatory and the
Local Coordination Committees
said.
By Bassem Mroue
Associated Press
BEIRUT — A senior Egyptian
al-Qaida figure fighting in Syria
was killed in a U.S. drone strike
this week, the latest to be killed in
such attacks in Syria, a Syrian op-
position monitoring group and
relatives said Friday.
The Britain-based Syrian Ob-
servatory for Human Rights said
Rifai Ahmad Taha was killed in a
strike Tuesday in the northwest-
ern Idlib province.
Before joining al-Qaida, Taha
was a top figure in Egypt’s notori-
ous militant group Gamaa Isla-
miya, which massacred 58 for-
eign tourists in the ancient Egyp-
tian city of Luxor in 1997. He was
also allied with Osama bin Laden
in Afghanistan.
The Observatory’s chief Rami
Abdurrahman said several al-
Qaida members, including Taha,
were killed in Tuesday’s strike. He
said one ofthe dead was identified
as Abu Omar al-Masri — which is
Arabic for Abu Omar the Egyp-
tian — but that it was not clear if
Taha was using that name. Taha
was believed to be in his 60s.
In Egypt, a relative said that
Taha’s wife and brother have re-
ceived confirmation about his
death. The relative spoke on con-
dition of anonymity fearing repri-
sals.
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Meanwhile, the fate of dozens
of cement workers and contrac-
tors abducted from their work-
place northeast of Damascus on
Thursday by the Islamic State
group remained unknown.
There were conflicting re-
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The Observatory said around
170 workers were expected to be
released after successful media-
tion with elders from Dumeir,
the area northeast of Damascus
from where they were kid-
napped. The activist group said
some of the other employees, in-
cluding guards and armed gov-
ernment loyalists, would not be
released.
In Lebanon, media belonging
to the Hezbollah group, which is
fighting alongside Syrian Presi-
dent Bashar Assad’s troops, said
most of the 260 employees who
were at the factory have been re-
leased already. It added that six
workers were slain in front of
their colleagues during interroga-
tion, while 30 others remain un-
accounted for.
In Russia, Defense Ministry
spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Ko-
nashenkov said Moscow was con-
cerned over the “worsening situa-
tion” near Aleppo where report-
edly more than 1,200 Nusra Front
militants have gathered north of
the city. Russia last week warned
that the Nusra Front had taken
control over opposition groups in
that area.
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In Washington, Department
of Defense spokesman Matthew
Allen said the U.S. struck a vehicle
killing several al-Qaida militants.
He added that officials are still as-
sessing the strike.
“I can confirm that the U.S.
struck a vehicle killing several AQ
militants,” said Allen, using an ac-
ronym to refer to al-Qaida. “The
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