Sep 10 Obama expected to move forward in Syria with or without Congress' support By Julie Pace, Associated Press After an hour-long discussion with congressional leaders Tuesday, the White House said Obama told lawmakers that he "has the authority he needs to take action" against the Islamic State militants. The White House added that the president still would welcome… Continue reading
Sep 08 Western women join all-female Islamic State police brigades to enforce morality rules By Ayan Sheikh Several young Western women have fled their homes to join an all-female morality police force created by the Islamic State militant group, or IS. Mostly in their late teens or early twenties, these young women are tasked with reprimanding… Continue reading
Sep 03 Beheadings won't intimidate U.S., Obama says By Julie Pace, Associated Press Obama still did not give a timeline for deciding on a strategy to go after the extremist group's operations in Syria. "It's going to take time for us to be able to roll them back," the president said at a… Continue reading
Sep 03 Second beheading dares U.S. to act By Domenico Montanaro, Terence Burlij, Simone Pathe, Rachel Wellford The reported beheading of another American journalist, Steven Sotloff, by the Islamic State group is almost daring President Obama and the United States’ European allies to act. President Obama responded Wednesday morning from Estonia, where he is on an overseas… Continue reading
Sep 01 Watch News Wrap: UN approves investigation of the Islamic State in Iraq By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, the United Nations human rights council condemned the Islamic State group for what it called abuses on “an unimaginable scale” and approved an investigation of the militants’ actions in Iraq -- from mass killings to… Continue watching
Aug 29 Who will help the U.S. battle the Islamic State in Syria? By Bradley Klapper, Associated Press In the last year-and-a-half, Islamic State extremists have fought the Syrian army, Hezbollah and Iranian forces. They've clashed with al-Qaida's local affiliate, routed Iraq's army and pushed back Kurdish peshmerga fighters. American airstrikes in Iraq have recently caused somewhat of… Continue reading
Aug 29 U.S. officials fear radicalized citizens will carry out lone-wolf terror plots By Ken Dilanian, Bradley Klapper, Associated Press The Obama administration has offered a wide range of assessments of the threat to U.S. national security posed by the extremists who say they've established a caliphate, or Islamic state, in an area straddling eastern Syrian and northern and western… Continue reading
Aug 20 How has social media adapted to deal with violent terrorist imagery? By Nora Daly The horrifying documentation of James Foley’s tragic death has raised questions about how social media must adapt to deal with violent, terrorist imagery. Continue reading
Aug 20 Watch President Obama: World is appalled by journalist James Foley's killing By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 19 Journalist James Foley reportedly killed by Islamic State group By News Desk News of Foley’s murder was released in a video via an official Islamic State group Twitter feed. In the video, Foley is forced to read a letter condemning the U.S. bombing campaign in Iraq, calling it the “final nail” in… Continue reading