Dec 02 British lawmakers vote to back airstrikes against ISIS in Syria By Joshua Barajas After debating the issue for more than 10 hours Wednesday, British lawmakers voted to authorize airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Syria. Continue reading
Dec 02 Watch UK approves expanded airstrike campaign against Islamic State By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 01 Watch U.S. ‘step-by-step’ strategy against Islamic State questioned in Congress By PBS News Hour Defense Secretary Ashton Carter announced that the U.S. will be deploying more special forces to assist Iraqi and Peshmerga forces targeting the Islamic State, and will be authorized to take direct action. Some lawmakers questioned whether the U.S. is making… Continue watching
Dec 01 U.S. to deploy more special forces to Iraq and Syria By Deb Riechmann, Associated Press The U.S. is expanding its special operations force in Iraq and Syria to help fight Islamic State militants, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Tuesday. Continue reading
Dec 01 Russia may finally come around on Assad’s future, Obama says By Nancy Benac, Associated Press PARIS — President Barack Obama expressed optimism Tuesday that Russia will ultimately come around on the need for Syrian President Bashar Assad to leave power to end his country's long civil war, but warned the turnaround would not come overnight. Continue reading
Nov 27 Watch 11:57 Shields and Brooks on protesting police shootings, sizing up GOP contenders By PBS News Hour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss protests in Chicago against the killing of Laquan McDonald and lethal force by police, how the Paris attacks have affected the fight against the… Continue watching
Nov 26 Watch 5:40 France, Russia unify to fight Islamic State By PBS News Hour French President Francois Hollande and Russia’s Vladimir Putin agreed in Moscow today to share intelligence in their fight against the Islamic State. Hari Sreenivasan speaks to Nathan Hodge of The Wall Street Journal, who was at the press conference with… Continue watching
Nov 24 Watch 9:02 How the Turkey-Russia conflict complicates anti-Islamic State efforts By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Nov 24 Watch 9:56 News Wrap: Russia, Turkey swap harsh rhetoric over shot-down plane By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, a Russian warplane was shot down by Turkey, which claims the jet entered its airspace and ignored calls to leave. But Russia insists the jet was in Syrian airspace. Also, French prosecutors announced that the… Continue watching