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Iraqi forces advance towards Kirkuk during an operation against Kurdish fighters on Oct. 16. (Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images)

SitRep: Fighting in Kirkuk; McMaster Doesn’t Know if Iran Complying With Nuke Deal

North Korean hacking, mystery boat, Raqqa fight coming to close.

The new Iranian long range missile Khoramshahr on display during a military parade on September 22, 2017. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)

SitRep: Trump to Decertify Iran, Punt the Rest to Congress

President Donald Trump walks across the South Lawn before boarding Marine One October 11, 2017 (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

SitRep: Europe, Congress Scrambling Ahead of Trump Iran Decision

President Donald Trump attends a briefing with senior military leaders in the Cabinet Room. Andrew Harrer-Pool/Getty Images

SitRep: Trump Demands Thousands of New Nukes

South Korean soldiers stand guard in the DMZ separating North and South Korea. ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images

SitRep: Trump Heading to the DMZ; General Calls North Korea War ‘Horrific’

The US commander in Afghanistan John Nicholson shakes hands with US soldiers. WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP/Getty Images

SitRep: Corker Slams Trump; Generals Promise Victory in Afghanistan, Again

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump pose for pictures with senior military leaders and spouses. (Andrew Harrer-Pool/Getty Images)

SitRep: Trump Demands More From Military; Will Decertify Iran

A U.S. Special Forces soldier works with Nigerien soldiers. U.S. Navy photo.

SitRep: Green Berets Killed in Ambush in Niger; Trump’s North Korea Decision Looms

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Joseph Dunford before Senate Armed Services Committee. Alex Wong/Getty Images

SitRep: Iran Deal Drama From The Pentagon To The White House

SitRep: White House vs. Tillerson vs. North Korea; U.S. Casualty in Iraq Identified

A cargo ship crosses a new waterway at the Suez Canal during its opening ceremony on August 6, 2015, in the port city of Ismailiya. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi staged a lavish ceremony to unveil a "new" Suez Canal, seeking to boost the country's economy and international standing by expanding the vital waterway. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED (Photo credit should read MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images)

SitRep: North Korea Smuggling Weapons to Egypt; Trump Orders Pyongyang Hacks

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 26: U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson exits a brief media availability before his meeting with Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani at the State Department, July 26, 2017 in Washington, DC. When prompted by a reporter's question, Tillerson said 'I'm not going anywhere' and that he will stay on as Secretary of State 'as long as the president lets me.' (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

SitRep: Questions Over Tillerson’s North Korea Plan; U.S. Citizen, ISIS Fighter, Captured in Syria

PYEONGTEAK, SOUTH KOREA - SEPTEMBER 25: South Korean soldiers stand with Hyunmu-3 missile during the media day of the 65th South Korea Armed Forces Day ceremony on September 25, 2017 in Pyeongteak, South Korea. The anniversary ceremony is to mark that South Korean Army crossed the 38 parallel on October 1, 1950 during the Korean War. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

SitRep: Pentagon Moving Missile Defense Money, Seoul Wants More Control in Event of War

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani (C) speaks next to US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis (R) and NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg (L) during a press conference at the Presidential Palace in Kabul on September 27, 2017.
US Defense Secretary Mattis and NATO chief Stoltenberg renewed their commitment to Afghanistan on September 27, as the Taliban launched a rocket attack that wounded five civilians in Kabul. / AFP PHOTO / WAKIL KOHSAR (Photo credit should read WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP/Getty Images)

SitRep: Tillerson to China; DoD Takes Heat for Hurricane Response; Mattis Under Fire (Literally)

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SitRep: Iran Deal Hard to Kill, North Korea War Talk Reaches New Level

Members of a Kurdish Peshmerga battalion to cast their vote in the Kurdish independence referendum at a polling station in Arbil on September 25, 2017.
Iraqi Kurds voted in an independence referendum in defiance of Baghdad which has warned of "measures" to defend Iraq's unity and threatened to deprive their region of lifeline oil revenues. / AFP PHOTO / SAFIN HAMED (Photo credit should read SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images)

SitRep: Kurds Vote, as Turks and Iranians Prepare For War

New travel ban, Russians bomb U.S. allies in Syria

The new Iranian long range missile Khoramshahr is displayed during the annual military parade marking the anniversary of the outbreak of its devastating 1980-1988 war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq, on September 22,2017 in Tehran,
President Hassan Rouhani vowed that Iran would boost its ballistic missile capabilities despite criticism from the United States and also France. / AFP PHOTO / str (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

SitRep: Trump Issues New Threat To Kim Jong Un, North Korea And Iran Double Down

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SitRep: Troops Ship Out For Afghanistan, Trump’s Big day at UNGA

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 19: U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters, September 19, 2017 in New York City. Among the issues facing the assembly this year are North Korea's nuclear developement, violence against the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar and the debate over climate change. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

SitRep: Asian Allies React to Trump U.N. Performance

In a photograph taken on April 7, 2012, soldiers of the Ground Self-Defense Force set Patriot missiles at the Defence Ministry in Tokyo. Japan has deployed missile batteries in Tokyo and dispatched destroyers carrying interceptor missiles as it boosts its defences against a planned North Korean rocket launch this month. JAPAN OUT AFP PHOTO / Jiji Press (Photo credit should read JIJI PRESS/AFP/GettyImages)

SitRep: Two Old “Axis of Evil” Members Loom Large in Trump U.N. Speech

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