Mar 04 Watch 2:26 Islamic State blunted by U.S. efforts, says Pentagon By PBS News Hour On Monday, Iraq launched an operation to retake Tikrit, its biggest offensive yet against the Islamic State militants who have controlled portions of Syria and Iraq since last summer. A dozen nations have launched thousands of airstrikes against the group,… Continue watching
Mar 03 Watch 4:54 News Wrap: Petraeus to plead guilty for sharing secrets with mistress By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, retired Gen. David Petraeus agreed to plead guilty for mishandling secrets. The former CIA director admitted illegally keeping documents and allowing his biographer and mistress to use them. Also, thousands of Iraqi troops and Shiite… Continue watching
Mar 02 Islamic State threatens Twitter employees and founder Jack Dorsey By Colleen Shalby The Islamic State group is encouraging supporters to kill Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, and any employee of the social network, in retaliation for blocking the group’s Twitter accounts. Continue reading
Feb 27 Watch 8:00 What Islamic State gains by destroying antiquities in Iraq By PBS News Hour In a violent rampage through a museum in Mosul, Islamic State militants knocked statues to the floor, using sledgehammers and even a jackhammer to reduce ancient artifacts and some replicas -- representing idols that past cultures worshipped -- to rubble. Continue watching
Feb 26 Watch 4:31 How did Mohammed Emwazi become ‘Jihadi John’? By PBS News Hour A day after the U.S. arrest of three men attempting to join the Islamic State, officials identified the man known as “Jihadi John,” an IS militant who has been seen in brutal videos executing hostages. What motivated Mohammed Emwazi, a… Continue watching
Feb 26 Watch 2:19 Identity of militant ‘Jihadi John’ unmasked By PBS News Hour The masked man with a British accent who beheaded numerous Islamic State hostages and threatened America in propaganda videos was widely reported to have been identified by British and U.S. intelligence. Kuwaiti-born Mohammed Emwazi was previously detained and deported in… Continue watching
Feb 25 Watch 4:54 News Wrap: FBI arrests two who planned to join the Islamic State group By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 23 Defense secretary Carter gathers war council on Islamic State group By Robert Burns, Associated Press CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait — U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter convened an extraordinary war council Monday on Iraq's doorstep, six days after taking office, to discuss the nitty-gritty of the administration's oft-criticized strategy for countering the Islamic State militant group and… Continue reading
Feb 21 Watch In tackling the Islamic State, what are the Mosul mission’s chances for success? By PBS News Hour At a briefing this week, a U.S. official announced plans to take back Iraq’s second biggest city, Mosul, from Islamic State fighters who captured it last June. What are the chances that the operation will succeed? Douglas Ollivant, a military… Continue watching
Feb 20 Watch Shields and Brooks on fighting Islamic extremism, Giuliani on Obama By PBS News Hour Continue watching