Apr 21 Watch 7:30 Would Syria safe zones stop refugees from boarding boats to Europe? By PBS News Hour While the UN Refugee Agency is urging the European Union to adopt an emergency action plan on the intensifying migrant crisis in the Mediterranean, a bipartisan group of U.S. senators has sent a letter to President Obama on the possibility… Continue watching
Apr 21 Watch 5:37 Fleeing and fighting Islamic State forces in Anbar province By PBS News Hour After being driven out of Tikrit, the Islamic State has renewed its push into Western Anbar province. The government in Baghdad is wary of letting in fleeing families, seeing displaced people from IS strongholds as security risks. Meanwhile, Iraqi forces… Continue watching
Apr 18 Watch 5:01 Threat of terror groups builds following ISIS suicide bombing in Afghanistan By PBS News Hour Saturday's bombing in Afghanistan caps a chaotic week throughout much of the Muslim world. Violent conflicts are now raging in Iraq, Syria and Yemen, and the threat posed by terror groups like ISIS and al Qaeda on the Arabian Peninsula… Continue watching
Apr 17 Watch 5:09 High-level insurgent leader reported killed in Iraq By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 17 Iraq's 'king of clubs' reportedly killed in Tikrit By Larisa Epatko Deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein’s right-hand man, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, who more recently allied himself with Islamic State militants, was killed by government forces in Tikrit, the city’s provincial governor told the Associated Press on Friday. Continue reading
Apr 14 Watch 2:48 Iraqi-Americans witness violence in their homeland from afar By PBS News Hour A U.S. visit by Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi comes as the battle against the Islamic State appears to be making headway. But many Iraqi-Americans are still wary of the chaos that has unfolded. Three Iraqis living in the U.S. Continue watching
Apr 14 Watch 5:17 News Wrap: Obama to take Cuba off state sponsor of terror list By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 14 Ex-guards sentenced for Iraq shootings plan appeal By Sam Hananel, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Defense lawyers are vowing to appeal the convictions of four former Blackwater security guards after a federal judge handed down lengthy prison terms for their roles in a 2007 shooting of unarmed civilians in Iraq. Continue reading
Apr 14 Iraqi PM making in-person appeal to Obama for more military support By Nedra Pickler, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi is making an in-person appeal to President Barack Obama on Tuesday for more help defeating the Islamic State militants, hoping recent gains in the fight will encourage more investment from a war-weary United… Continue reading
Apr 13 Watch 5:20 Iraqi PM to appeal to U.S. for more firepower and support against Islamic State By PBS News Hour Continue watching