Jan 12 Group claiming ties to Islamic State appear to have hacked key military command’s Twitter, YouTube accounts By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press A group calling themselves CyberCaliphate with the tagline “i love you isis” apparently have hacked the Twitter handle for U.S. Central Command, CENTCOM. Continue reading
Jan 06 Islamic State locks 670,000 children out of Syrian schools By Joshua Barajas As the militant group continues to vie for positions in Iraq and Syria, Islamic State forces shut down schools in three Syrian provinces until the curriculum was revised to comply with religious rules, the U.N. children's fund said Tuesday. Continue reading
Jan 01 Watch What 2014 global conflicts and challenges will carry over into the new year? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 26 Watch 7:20 Civilian suffering and sliding morale in Islamic State territory By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 26 Republicans cite rise of ISIS, Democrats point to Ferguson fallout as top stories of 2014, poll finds By Jennifer Agiesta and Emily Swanson, Associated Press Americans are slightly more likely than they were a year ago to believe that the current year was better than the last for the United States— 30 percent say so this year, while 25 percent said so in 2013. On… Continue reading
Dec 24 Watch 10:53 ‘They want to win and they are ready to die’: Lessons from 10 days with the Islamic State By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 20 Watch 3:59 What’s behind the recent retreat of ISIS in Northern Iraq? By PBS News Hour Over the past few days, pro-Western Kurdish fighters, with the aid of American air power, have forced ISIS fighters in Northern Iraq to retreat from territory they seized last summer. Anthony Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies… Continue watching
Dec 16 How the Islamic State lures Westerners with a humanitarian approach By Eric Tucker, Sadie Gurman, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The three teenage girls from Colorado swapped Twitter messages about marriage and religion with recruiters for the Islamic State group, then set out for Syria with passports and thousands of dollars in stolen cash. Authorities intercepted them in… Continue reading