Aug 17 Watch Kurdish forces retake key dam from Islamic State in ‘strategic victory’ By PBS News Hour In what may be considered a strategic victory, Kurdish forces recaptured the area around the Mosul Dam in northern Iraq, with the help of repeated air strikes to the area on Sunday. PBS NewsHour Foreign Correspondent Margaret Warner joins Hari… Continue watching
Aug 17 Kurdish forces move to retake parts of Mosul Dam By Xander Landen With the aid of U.S. airstrikes, on Sunday, Kurdish forces were able to regain partial control of the Mosul Dam which Islamic State extremists captured nearly two weeks ago. Continue reading
Aug 16 Watch New airstrikes target Islamic State fighters holding dam in northern Iraq By PBS News Hour Airstrikes hit positions near a key dam in northern Iraq, which had been recently captured by Islamic extremists, a day after the extremists -- members of the Islamic State -- are said to have massacred dozens of Yazidis. Liz Sly… Continue watching
Aug 14 Watch Maliki resignation clears way for new government, but doesn’t eliminate huge differences By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 14 Watch News Wrap: Iraq PM Maliki steps down as support crumbles By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki announced that he will now support Haider al-Abadi’s nomination to succeed him. Meanwhile, President Obama confirmed that the crisis facing Yazidi refugees in northern Iraq has greatly eased, lessening the… Continue watching
Aug 14 Iraq’s Nouri al-Maliki steps down as Prime Minister By News Desk The Associated Press is reporting that Iraqi Prime Minister “Nouri al-Maliki has given up the post of prime minister to Haider al-Abadi.”… Continue reading
Aug 14 President Obama appeals for peace in Ferguson By Associated Press President Obama will deliver a statement on the ongoing violence in Ferguson, Missouri, as well as the situation in Iraq at approximately 12:45 p.m. EDT. Continue reading
Aug 14 About 4,500 civilians atop Iraq’s Sinjar mountain By Robert Burns and Julie Pace, The Associated Press Two U.S. officials say that roughly 4,500 people remain atop northern Iraq's Sinjar Mountain, and nearly half are herders who lived there before the siege and have no interest in being evacuated. Continue reading
Aug 13 Watch News Wrap: White House considering Yazidi rescue measures By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, President Obama moved closer toward rescue steps for thousands of Yazidi refugees who are trapped on a mountain in Northern Iraq by fighters of the Islamic State group. The deputy national security advisor suggested a… Continue watching
Aug 13 Obama considering military options for rescuing Iraqi refugees By Robert Burns, Julie Pace, Associated Press A Pentagon official says a team of U.S. Army Special Forces were flown atop Sinjar Mountain in northern Iraq to get a firsthand look at possible ways to rescue stranded Iraqi civilians suffering from thirst and hunger. Continue reading