Sep 26 Watch News Wrap: UK will join airstrikes on Islamic State in Iraq, not Syria By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 25 Watch News Wrap: Airstrikes damage key income source for Islamic State By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, the Pentagon reported that U.S. and Arab airstrikes blasted oil installations that help fund the Islamic State up to $2 million a day in black market sales. Also, Iraq’s prime minister said he has credible… Continue watching
Sep 24 Watch Protecting ancient treasures from becoming casualties in Iraq and Syria By PBS News Hour Northern Iraq boasts thousands of archaeological sites dating to the beginning of civilization, and they are being destroyed by the Islamic State militants. Meanwhile, more than three years of civil war in Syria has laid waste to much of the… Continue watching
Sep 24 Watch Obama challenges Arab and Muslim states to fight violent extremism in U.N. address – Part 1 By PBS News Hour President Obama addressed the United Nations General Assembly by saying the world is “at a crossroads between war and peace.” He urged Arab and Muslim leaders to join a four-point campaign that would destroy the Islamic State group, delegitimize the… Continue watching
Sep 21 UN Ambassador: Other countries support fight against Islamic State By Associated Press The United States' ambassador to the United Nations says other nations are pledging support for the fight against Islamic State group militants. Continue reading
Sep 19 Watch Iranian foreign minister on U.S. strategy on Islamic State, sanctions By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 19 France launches first airstrike against Islamic militants By Ayan Sheikh French attack planes on Friday destroyed fuel depots and ammunitions on an Iraqi military installation run by the Sunni extremist group that calls itself the Islamic State. Fighter jets accompanied by support planes carried out four airstrikes and managed to… Continue reading
Sep 18 Watch What role should Mideast countries play in Islamic State fight? By PBS News Hour The Obama administration has been drumming up support for the U.S. plan against the Islamic State. How do Middle Eastern nations regard the militant group and the U.S. strategy? Hari Sreenivasan gets reaction from Robin Wright of the United States… Continue watching
Sep 17 Watch Obama stresses U.S. forces in Iraq will advise, not join combat By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 17 Kurdish drive for independence delayed by fight against Islamic State By Morgan Till Fuad Hussein, the chief of staff to Kurdistan's regional president, spoke with Margaret Warner about the Kurds’ drive for greater autonomy and where initial steps to conduct a referendum on leaving Iraq -- and declaring independence -- stand as the… Continue reading