Sep 10 Watch For his friend James Foley, Daniel Johnson reads ‘In the Absence of Sparrows’ By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 10 No immediate threat of Islamic State attack on U.S. homeland, officials say By Bradley Klapper, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Islamic State group doesn’t pose an immediate threat of an attack in the United States, senior U.S. officials testified Wednesday, but warned that the danger from the militants is spreading beyond the Middle East to Europe and… Continue reading
Sep 09 Obama says he has authority for militant campaign By Julie Pace, Associated Press President Barack Obama told congressional leaders Tuesday that he has the authority he needs to carry out a broader campaign to root out the violent extremists in Iraq and Syria, a day before outlining his plans to the American people… Continue reading
Sep 07 Obama will lay out American strategy to defeat Islamic State this week By Darlene Superville, Associated Press President Barack Obama will begin laying out a strategy this week to defeat Islamic State militants in the Middle East, meeting with congressional leaders Tuesday and giving a speech Wednesday, the eve of the 13th anniversary of the deadliest terrorist… Continue reading
Sep 05 Watch Obama: U.S. skeptical of Ukraine cease-fire, forms coalition against the Islamic State By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 03 Watch Ukraine, Syria, Iraq and Islamic State — What should Obama do? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 03 Bosnian police arrest 16 suspected Islamic militants in targeted raids By Ayan Sheikh Bosnian police have arrested 16 people suspected of recruiting, financing and fighting for Islamic State, IS, a radical militant group formerly known as ISIS in Iraq and Syria. Continue reading
Aug 30 Watch The duality and mission of ISIS on social media By PBS News Hour The Islamic State has entered into the global consciousness for multiple reasons. Partly for the savagery it is willing to commit and also because of the savvy the group displays in spreading its message. For more analysis, Hari Sreenivasan speaks… Continue watching
Aug 23 Watch 25:08 PBS NewsHour Weekend: Saturday, August 23, 2014 By PBS News Hour On tonight's edition, ISIS gains more control in Syria as the U.S. weighs its military options. In our signature segment, a look at background checks and a report on how cases of mistaken identity can cost people job offers. And,… Continue watching
Aug 23 Watch ‘No end in sight’: More than 191,000 have died from conflict in Syria By PBS News Hour A new United Nations report says that more than 191,000 people have died during the conflict in Syria. Douglas Ollivant, a senior national security studies fellow at the New America Foundation, joins Hari Sreenivasan from Washington to discuss the situation… Continue watching