Aug 10 Watch Beyond Iraq, what's next for the Islamic State? By PBS News Hour As members of the Islamic State continue to brutally terrorize civilians in Iraq, experts are focusing on what's to come. Senior and National Securities Studies Fellow at the New America Foundation Douglas Ollivant joins Hari Sreenivasan. Continue watching
Aug 10 Graham to Obama: Expand Iraq airstrikes or risk terrorist attack By Philip Elliott, Associated Press Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) says he worries an American city could soon be a terrorist target if the U.S. military fails to turn back Islamic militants on the march in Iraq and Syria. Continue reading
Aug 09 Watch Why Obama wants to use air power against the Islamic State By PBS News Hour In order to protect Americans and provide humanitarian aid to Iraq, President Obama on Saturday discussed efforts to slow advances by Islamic jihadists in northern Iraq and rescue thousands of civilians who have fled from them. Douglas Ollivant, a senior… Continue watching
Aug 09 Watch Residents of Iraqi Kurdistan flee for safety as panic consumes region By PBS News Hour As the Islamic State Group moves even closer to Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, residents of the Kurdish region are fleeing in droves to safer areas, as a state of panic consumes the region. Nour Malas of the Wall… Continue watching
Aug 09 Obama on Iraq airstrikes: U.S. will 'maintain vigilance' for as long as it takes By Carey Reed Before leaving on a two-week vacation to Martha's Vineyard, President Barack Obama gave an update on the U.S. airstrikes against the Sunni insurgent group, the Islamic State in Iraq and stressed that the U.S would maintain vigilance for as long… Continue reading
Aug 09 5 things you didn't know about Yazidis By Dave Sloan, Hari Sreenivasan Hari Sreenivasan recently spoke with Professor Christine Allison about the Yezidis, a Kurdish religious minority group who are being targeted by Islamic militants in Iraq. Professor Allison teaches at the University of Exeter where she focuses on Kurdish History… Continue reading
Aug 09 Obama tests use of force doctrine in Iraq By Julie Pace, Associated Press In making the case for U.S. airstrikes in Iraq, President Barack Obama is drawing on the doctrine involving the use of American force that he outlined less than three months ago, when it seemed he was trying to avoid potential… Continue reading
Aug 08 Watch Does the current U.S. military intervention underestimate the Islamic State? By PBS News Hour Is the U.S. doing enough to defeat the militants of the Islamic State group and relieve the humanitarian crisis in Iraq? Hari Sreenivasan gets two views from Feisal Istrabadi of Indiana University and retired Army Col. Derek Harvey. Continue watching
Aug 08 Watch U.S. national security official stresses Iraq political solution, not boots on the ground By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 08 Watch Shields and Brooks on Iraq reluctance, Nixon's legacy By PBS News Hour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s top news, including U.S. airstrikes against the Islamic State militant group in Iraq, how Americans are grading President Obama’s foreign policy performance,… Continue watching