Aug 22 Dempsey hits Islamic militant ‘end-of-days’ vision By Associated Press WASHINGTON — America's top-ranked military officer says the surging Islamic State group has an "apocalyptic, end-of-days strategic vision" in the Middle East and cannot be defeated unless the United States and a coalition of partners confront it head-on in Syria. Continue reading
Aug 21 Watch How is the Islamic State different from other extremist groups? By PBS News Hour Shadi Hamid of the Brookings Institution and Steven Simon of the Middle East Institute join Judy Woodruff to discuss the threat the Islamic State poses and how they’re recruiting members, including westerners. Continue watching
Aug 21 Watch More details emerge on failed mission to rescue James Foley By PBS News Hour Judy Woodruff talks to The Washington Post’s Karen DeYoung about the U.S.’ attempt to rescue American journalist James Foley before his murder, and the country’s policy not to pay ransoms to terrorists. Continue watching
Aug 21 Watch U.S. vows killers of James Foley will be ‘held accountable’ By PBS News Hour The Justice Department opened a criminal investigation into the murder of American journalist James Foley in Syria. That news came after word that earlier this summer a U.S. raid targeted an Islamic State site in Northern Syria in hopes of… Continue watching
Aug 21 Female Kurdish fighters take arms against Islamic State extremists By Anya van Wagtendonk After Kurdish and Iraqi forces recaptured a critical Iraqi dam from Islamic State militants Monday, much attention turned to the role U.S. airstrikes may have played in securing a victory. Less attention has been given to an increasingly fierce segment… Continue reading
Aug 20 Watch Displaced Iraqis traumatized by Islamic State, betrayed by neighbors By PBS News Hour The humanitarian crisis in Iraq is taking its toll on displaced Christians and those in the minority Yazidi community. As brutal attacks from the Sunni militant group known as the Islamic State continue, hundreds of thousands have fled to the… Continue watching
Aug 20 Watch In remembering James Foley, sobering lessons for protecting journalists By PBS News Hour James Foley’s journalistic career spanned multiple countries and conflicts; his reporting from Afghanistan and Libya appeared on the NewsHour, as well as other news outlets. Gwen Ifill remembers Foley and discusses the dangers reporters face with Charles Sennott, co-founder of… Continue watching
Aug 20 Watch 3:58 Family mourns murdered journalist James Foley, Obama condemns Islamic State By PBS News Hour Journalist James Foley was confirmed as the man executed by beheading in a video released by the Islamic State group. Militants also threatened to kill another American journalist if the U.S. didn’t stop airstrikes in Iraq. Foley, 40, was abducted… Continue watching
Aug 20 U.S. official: More airstrikes in Iraq By Lara Jakes, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- American fighter jets and drones continued to pound Islamic State militants in Iraq on Wednesday, and military planners weighed the possibility of sending a small number of additional U.S. troops to Baghdad, U.S. officials said, even as the… Continue reading
Aug 20 Obama: world is ‘appalled’ by James Foley killing By Associated Press EDGARTOWN, Mass. -- President Barack Obama says the United States will continue to confront Islamic State extremists despite the brutal murder of journalist James Foley. Continue reading