May 21 Watch 7:33 What can the U.S. do to stop the Islamic State? By PBS News Hour New victories by the Islamic State in Syria, Iraq and Libya are fueling debate and criticism in Washington over the U.S. strategy and reliance on airstrikes against the militant group. Gwen Ifill talks to David Ignatius of The Washington Post… Continue watching
May 19 Watch 9:06 How war has robbed Syria of its history By Marcia Biggs There’s a battle being waged for Syria’s history, where four years of war have devastated cultural heritage sites and looting occurs by all sides of the conflict. Special correspondent Marcia Biggs reports on the flagrant destruction of relics, the big… Continue watching
May 19 Watch 6:11 News Wrap: Shiite forces prepare for Ramadi counterattack By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, Shiite militiamen -- allied with the Iraqi army -- massed near Ramadi to ready a counterattack, days after the Islamic State captured the Iraqi city. Also, in a historic peace-making gesture, Britain’s Prince Charles shook… Continue watching
May 18 Watch Ramadi defeat challenges U.S. narrative of fight against Islamic State By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 18 Watch 3:17 After losing Ramadi, Iraq calls on Shiite militias to fight Islamic State By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 17 Watch 1:55 Key Iraqi city of Ramadi falls to ISIS after security forces pull out By PBS News Hour Islamic State fighters have taken control of the Iraqi city of Ramadi after that country's forces fled. The city is now the first major urban center seized by insurgents in Iraq since ISIS launched attacks last year. The Wall Street… Continue watching
May 16 Watch 5:17 Inside the U.S. raid that took out a key ISIS leader in Syria By PBS News Hour U.S. special forces killed a senior Islamic State commander during a raid overnight Friday in eastern Syria, the Pentagon said Saturday. Doug Ollivant, the former director for Iraq in the National Security Council, joins Hari Sreenivasan from Washington, D.C., to… Continue watching
May 16 Despite setbacks, U.S. says military strategy against ISIS is working By Robert Burns, Associated Press Despite major new setbacks in Iraq, the U.S. military command leading the fight against Islamic State militants insists that its strategy is working and that the militants' takeover of a key oil refinery and a government compound are fleeting gains… Continue reading
May 16 U.S. special forces kill senior ISIS commander in Syria raid By Andrew Mach The White House said U.S. special forces killed a senior Islamic State commander who was in involved with the terrorist organization's illicit oil and gas and military operations during a raid overnight Friday in eastern Syria. Continue reading
May 15 Watch 4:10 News Wrap: Wreckage of Marine helicopter found in Nepal By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, U.S. Military officials found the wreckage of the Marine helicopter that went down outside of Kathmandu, Nepal, in an area hit hard by the latest earthquake. Six Marines and two Nepalese soldiers were on a… Continue watching