May 05 Islamic State claims responsibility for ‘Draw Muhammad’ attack in Texas By Joshua Barajas Islamic State militants claimed responsibility Tuesday for the attack outside a prophet Muhammad cartoon-drawing contest near Dallas. Continue reading
May 03 Watch 7:34 How Kurdish women soldiers are confronting ISIS on the front lines By PBS News Hour In Iraq, an all-female unit within the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, is on the front lines of a fierce battle against the Islamic State. Martin Himel reports. 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 20 Watch 5:09 News Wrap: Six arrested for conspiring to join Islamic State By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, six Minnesota men will face trial for allegedly trying to join the Islamic State. The U.S. Attorney for Minnesota said the six had Somali backgrounds and had been conspiring for 10 months. Also, the U.S. 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 5:06 Liberated from Islamic State, Tikrit struggles with reconciliation By PBS News Hour Tikrit is the first major Sunni city retaken from the Islamic State militants, who were pushed out of that stronghold with the help of U.S. airstrikes and Shia fighters -- some of whom are backed and equipped by Iran. But… Continue watching
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
Apr 05 Watch 2:28 What do recent gains in Syria mean for the Islamic State? By PBS News Hour Despite being ousted recently from Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, Iraq, the Islamic State made important new gains this weekend in Syria, taking control of an area near Damascus. Part of what is driving the extremist group's success is the… Continue watching
Mar 29 Watch 3:33 What does an Arab League joint military force mean for the crisis in Yemen? By PBS News Hour The decision by the 21 nations of the Arab League to create a joint military force because of the crisis in Yemen raises the question: Why didn't the organization mobilize the same way to fight ISIS in Iraq? Matt Bradley… Continue watching