Mar 24 U.S. official says Marines expanding combat role in Iraq By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The American combat role in Iraq appeared to expand on Thursday as U.S. Marines operating from a small outpost provided targeting assistance and artillery fire to support Iraqi troops inching forward to retake Mosul from Islamic State militants. Continue reading
Mar 24 Iraq launches offensive to retake Mosul from Islamic State fighters By Larisa Epatko Iraqi armed forces have started an operation to retake the northern city of Mosul from Islamic State militants, who have held the beleaguered city for nearly two years. Continue reading
Mar 23 Watch 4:44 News Wrap: Obama defends strategy against terrorism By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, President Obama defended his strategy against international terrorism and rejected Republican calls for expanded use of torture and aggressive military action during a news conference in Buenos Aires. Also, Sen. Ted Cruz blasted the president’s… Continue watching
Mar 23 Watch 6:43 Why Europe has a problem of Islamic State terrorism By PBS News Hour European nations are boosting their national security efforts in the wake of the recent terrorist bombings in Brussels. How great a threat is the Islamic State group to Europe? Gwen Ifill sits down with former State Department official Daniel Benjamin… Continue watching
Mar 23 Watch 7:08 As Brussels mourns, authorities hunt for attackers By PBS News Hour The city of Brussels began three days of mourning in the wake of Tuesday's bombings that killed at least 31 and wounded 270. As residents tried to return to a semblance of normalcy, Belgian authorities kept up a nationwide manhunt… Continue watching
Mar 23 Obama: U.S. will go after ISIS aggressively By Josh Lederman, Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — A day after bombs ripped through Brussels, President Barack Obama declared that fighting the Islamic State is his "No. 1 priority" and pledged that the United States will pursue the jihadist group until it is destroyed. Continue reading
Mar 22 Watch How the Brussels attacks affect the global fight against terror By PBS News Hour For the latest on the investigation into the morning’s terror attacks in Brussels, Judy Woodruff talks to Peter Spiegel of the Financial Times. Also, Gwen Ifill speaks with former counterterrorism official Rick Nelson of Cross Match Technologies and Lorenzo Vidino… Continue watching
Mar 22 Watch 4:55 Europe bolsters security after Brussels terror attacks By PBS News Hour The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a series of terror attacks in Brussels Tuesday morning. Bombings at the airport and a subway station in the Belgian capital killed at least 31 people and injured more than 180, putting the… Continue watching
Mar 19 Prosecutor: Paris terror suspect planned to blow himself up at stadium By Michael D. Regan A key suspect captured by Belgian authorities on Friday in Brussels told investigators he planned on blowing himself up in during the attacks on Paris last November before changing his mind. Salah Abdeslam, a 26-year-old French citizen who was shot… Continue reading