Aug 08 Watch U.S. national security official stresses Iraq political solution, not boots on the ground By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 08 Watch Shields and Brooks on Iraq reluctance, Nixon's legacy By PBS News Hour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s top news, including U.S. airstrikes against the Islamic State militant group in Iraq, how Americans are grading President Obama’s foreign policy performance,… Continue watching
Aug 08 Watch Islamic State fighters defiant after U.S. airstrikes By PBS News Hour American warplanes and an unmanned drone targeted fighters and artillery of the Islamic State militant group in northern Iraq. President Obama announced the strikes — the first since the last U.S. troops left Iraq in 2011 — as thousands of… Continue watching
Aug 08 U.S. launches more airstrikes in Iraq By Robert Burns, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The attacks near the city of Irbil were carried out by armed drones and Navy fighter jets, said the Defense Department's press secretary, Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby. Continue reading
Aug 07 Watch Obama considering air support operation for Iraqi refugees By PBS News Hour President Obama is reportedly considering "very limited" military action in Iraq against the Islamic State group. The Sunni extremists have renewed their surge across Northern Iraq, sending thousands of Christians and Yazidis fleeing from ultimatums to convert to Islam, pay… Continue watching
Jul 24 Watch Debating the tactics and ethics of warfare on both sides of Mideast conflict By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 16 Watch News Wrap: Israel agrees to five-hour pause of Gaza strikes after UN appeal By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 09 Watch Israel masses troops at border but signs of Mideast diplomacy emerge By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 09 Watch Hamas sends rockets deeper into Israel as Gaza casualties grow from airstrikes By PBS News Hour The Israeli military said it has hit more than 550 Hamas targets in two days in efforts to stop the group’s barrage of rocket fire into Israel. Hamas vowed retaliation, and continued to shoot rockets deeper than ever before into… Continue watching
Jul 08 Watch With no sign of cease-fire, current Mideast conflict could become long campaign By PBS News Hour Continue watching