Jul 15 Watch 1:52 News Wrap: Congress releases report on the Saudis and 9/11, Iraqis protest prime minister By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 11 U.S. sending 560 more troops to Iraq as Mosul push intensifies By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press BAGHDAD — The United States will send 560 more troops to Iraq to transform a freshly retaken air base into a staging hub for the long-awaited battle to recapture Mosul from Islamic State militants, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Monday. Continue reading
Jul 05 Watch 4:30 News Wrap: Iraq bombing death toll rises as search teams find more victims By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, Iraqi search teams recovered more bodies in Baghdad from the Sunday bombing linked to the Islamic State. Families of the victims held funerals and the country’s interior minister resigned. Also, one-time rivals President Obama and… Continue watching
Jul 04 Watch 6:04 Defeated on the battlefield, ISIS steps up terror attacks By PBS News Hour There's no coincidence that the number and ferocity of ISIS terror attacks have increased in recent weeks as their losses on the battlefield mount. John Yang discusses the significance of the timing with Joby Warrick, author of "Black Flags: The… Continue watching
Jul 04 Watch 2:24 Spate of global attacks shows growing reach of ISIS By PBS News Hour A Sunday bombing in Iraq — marking one of Baghdad’s bloodiest days in a decade — capped off a week of Islamic-State linked attacks spanning the globe. Before Iraq came a suicide bombing at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport, which Turkey blamed… Continue watching
Jul 04 Watch 2:27 News Wrap: Three Saudi cities rocked by suicide bombings By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, suicide bombings rocked three different cities in Saudi Arabia, just before the end of Ramadan. Two security officers died, in addition to the bombers. Also, the leader of the United Kingdom’s Independence Party, which is… Continue watching
Jul 03 At least 175 dead as separate blasts hit Baghdad By Michael D. Regan At least 175 people were killed and 190 injured following two bombings on Sunday in the Iraqi city of Baghdad, according to Iraqi officials. Continue reading
Jul 01 Watch 8:43 Humanitarian crisis looms in Fallujah after ISIS defeat By PBS News Hour Displaced residents of Fallujah are finding little to celebrate after Iraqi forces finally ousted Islamic State fighters this week. The city is empty — tens of thousands who were held by ISIS as human shields fled to desolate camps —… Continue watching
Jun 30 Escalating violence leaves 3.6 million Iraqi children at risk, report says By Omar Etman The "catastrophic" rise of violence in Iraq has left one in five of the country's children at risk of death, injury, sexual violence and abduction, according to a new UNICEF report. Continue reading