Nov 16 Group claiming to be Anonymous declares war on Islamic State militants By Justin Scuiletti Hackers claiming to be Anonymous, an international collective of activist hackers, threatened cyberattacks on the Islamic State group in retaliation for Friday's deadly attacks in Paris. Continue reading
Nov 16 U.S. to increase intel sharing with France By Ken Dilanian, Associated Press The Obama administration is announcing a new intelligence-sharing arrangement with France to more readily and quickly share military planning regarding the campaign against the Islamic State. Continue reading
Nov 15 France launches ‘massive’ air strike on ISIS in Syria By News Desk France launched a “massive” air strike on an Islamic State stronghold in Syria on Sunday, the first military response since the attacks in Paris on Friday that killed as many as 129 people. Continue reading
Nov 14 Paris attacks may prompt White House to escalate fight against ISIS By Robert Burns, Associated Press The Paris terrorist attacks seem likely to compel President Barack Obama to consider military escalation against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. Continue reading
Nov 14 Paris attacks give G-20 summit new urgency By Associated Press The global anxiety sparked by a series of deadly attacks in Paris by the Islamic State group has given new urgency to President Barack Obama's upcoming talks with world leaders… Continue reading
Nov 14 International manhunt underway as inquiry in Paris terror attack widens By Elisabeth Ponsot Authorities launched an international search Sunday for a suspect wanted in connection with the wave of coordinated terror attacks that hit several locations in Paris on Friday, killing at least 129 people. Continue reading
Nov 13 Watch 7:14 News Wrap: Kurdish forces drive Islamic State out of Sinjar By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, the Islamic State sustained major losses across territory in Syria and in Iraq, where Kurdish forces drove them from the town of Sinjar. Meanwhile, a U.S. drone strike targeted the IS executioner known as “Jihadi… Continue watching
Nov 13 U.S. ‘reasonably certain’ Jihadi John is dead By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press WASHINGTON — A U.S. drone strike targeted a vehicle in Syria believed to be transporting the masked Islamic State militant known as "Jihadi John," according to American officials. Whether the strike killed the British man who appears in several videos… Continue reading
Nov 12 Watch 3:26 News Wrap: Islamic State claims Beirut suicide bombings By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, two suicide bombings in Beirut killed at least 37 people and wounded almost 200 more. The Islamic State militant group claimed responsibility for the attacks. Also, protests spread across Afghanistan in response to a rash… Continue watching
Nov 12 Watch 3:29 Kurdish forces cut off key Islamic State route in Iraq By PBS News Hour American airstrikes hammered Sinjar as the Kurdish Peshmerga ground force began an offensive on the Iraqi town held by the Islamic State. Gwen Ifill reports. Continue watching