Aug 21 Watch 5:54 News Wrap: Airstrike kills Islamic State’s second-in-command By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, a U.S. airstrike has killed the Islamic State group’s second-in-command. Also, North Korea threatened South Korea with possible attack over the cross-border broadcast of propaganda. Continue watching
Aug 19 Watch 4:07 Destroy, sell, hide: How Islamic State exploits antiquities By PBS News Hour Archaeologist Khaled al-Assad was an iconic figure associated with the study of the ancient cultural site of Palmyra in Syria. In the wake of Assad’s murder at the hands of the Islamic State, Amr Al Azm of Shawnee State University… Continue watching
Aug 19 Watch 2:17 A protector of Syria’s ancient past executed by Islamic State militants By PBS News Hour For world-renowned scholar Khaled al-Assad, the ancient site of Palmyra was his home and his life. Then the Islamic State came for him, wanting to know where valuable artifacts from the site had been hidden. The 81-year-old, who didn’t give… Continue watching
Aug 19 Watch 8:06 John Kasich: Hunting down undocumented immigrants is ‘not what America is’ By PBS News Hour Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a Republican presidential candidate, joins Gwen Ifill to discuss why he’s ready to run and win, plus the need for a tight border and a path to citizenship for immigrants, setting high educational standards, putting boots… Continue watching
Aug 19 Islamic State group beheads prominent archaeologist in Syria By Larisa Epatko Islamic State militants reportedly beheaded a prominent archaeologist in the ancient city of Palmyra, Syria, and put his body on display. Continue reading
Aug 17 Watch 8:40 What motivated these teenage girls to become Islamic State brides? By PBS News Hour In London, three seemingly normal and high-achieving teenage girls recently left their homes to join the Islamic State terrorist group in Syria, leaving their families to grapple for answers. Their story is the subject of a new multimedia report by… Continue watching
Aug 14 Watch 6:06 News Wrap: Islamic State leader raped hostage Kayla Mueller By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, the family of American hostage Kayla Mueller says she was repeatedly raped by Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi before her death, according to U.S. intelligence. Also, Kurdish officials say they're investigating chemical weapons attacks… Continue watching
Aug 13 Watch 6:21 How Islamic State systematically turns girls into sex slaves By PBS News Hour The Islamic State militants have imposed a brutal, ritualistic sex slave trade on thousands of women and girls who belong to the Yazidi sect, a persecuted religious minority. Rukmini Callimachi of The New York Times joins Judy Woodruff from Northern… Continue watching
Aug 13 Watch 2:00 Islamic State claims responsibility for deadly market attack in Baghdad By PBS News Hour In Baghdad, a truck bomb ripped through a crowded food market just after dawn, resulting in one of the deadliest attacks in the Iraqi capital in years. The assault comes as the prime minister is facing pressure to drive back… Continue watching
Aug 10 Watch 5:18 News Wrap: Suicide bombers kill dozens in Iraq By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, Islamic State suicide bombers killed nearly 60 people and wounded more than 100 others in Diyala Province. Also, More than 1,400 migrants fleeing conflict in Syria and Afghanistan were rescued in various Coast Guard operations… Continue watching