Mar 11 Kurdish president weighs broader role in Islamic State fight By Jane Arraf NEAR ZUMAR, Iraq -- Kurdish President Masoud Barzani looks out at the rolling hills beyond the sandbags of a forward command base near the Syrian border. Continue reading
Mar 08 Watch 3:21 What’s behind the growing rift between Iraq and U.S. forces in the fight against Islamic State? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 06 Watch 4:22 What does Iran’s strategy against Islamic State mean for us? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 06 Islamic State group destroys ancient site of Nimrud in northern Iraq By Leah Nagy Islamic State fighters ransacked and bulldozed the centuries-old archaeological site of Nimrud in northern Iraq on Thursday, in what the head of the U.N.’s cultural agency decried as a “cultural cleansing” that amounted to a “war crime.”… Continue reading
Mar 04 Watch 8:07 U.S. General leading coalition sees momentum in fight against Islamic State By PBS News Hour American warplanes are staying out of Iraq’s offensive against Tikrit, instead targeting Islamic State militants elsewhere. Judy Woodruff talks to retired Gen. John Allen, special presidential envoy to the coalition fighting the Islamic State, about how the U.S. is supporting… Continue watching
Mar 04 Watch 2:26 Islamic State blunted by U.S. efforts, says Pentagon By PBS News Hour On Monday, Iraq launched an operation to retake Tikrit, its biggest offensive yet against the Islamic State militants who have controlled portions of Syria and Iraq since last summer. A dozen nations have launched thousands of airstrikes against the group,… Continue watching
Mar 02 Watch 4:29 News Wrap: Iraq launches offensive to retake Tikrit from Islamic State By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, Iraqi security forces began a ground and air assault on the city of Tikrit, currently held by the Islamic State militant group. Also, Sen. Barbara Mikulski, the longest-serving woman in Congress, announced she won’t seek… Continue watching
Mar 02 Iraq reopens museum in defiance of jihadist threat By Larisa Epatko The Iraqi National Museum, ransacked after the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, has reopened 12 years later displaying ancient winged creatures, tablets and sculptures in stone. Continue reading
Feb 23 Defense secretary Carter gathers war council on Islamic State group By Robert Burns, Associated Press CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait — U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter convened an extraordinary war council Monday on Iraq's doorstep, six days after taking office, to discuss the nitty-gritty of the administration's oft-criticized strategy for countering the Islamic State militant group and… Continue reading
Feb 19 Watch 10:24 Freed but not free: Yazidi girls who escaped Islamic State are trapped by trauma By Marcia Biggs Last summer, militants from the Islamic State group attacked a small ethnic group called the Yazidis, executing men and taking thousands of women and girls as slaves. Special correspondent Marcia Biggs reports from Northern Iraq on the rape, violence, threats… Continue watching