Sep 18 Watch News Wrap: Islamic State releases propaganda video of British hostage By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 18 Watch How Australia is monitoring Islamic State supporters inside their borders By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 18 Watch Police thwart jihadist copycat beheading plot in Australia By PBS News Hour Australian police officers raided at least a dozen homes and held six suspects in Sydney after learning of a plot to behead a random person in public. The prime minister said that an Australian who is a senior member of… Continue watching
Sep 18 Senate to vote on package to arm Syrian rebels against Islamic State By Erica Werner, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Facing off in one of the most contested Senate races in the nation, Colorado Democratic Sen. Mark Udall and his Republican challenger, Rep. Cory Gardner, found something to agree on this week — giving President Barack Obama the… Continue reading
Sep 17 Watch Is Obama right to rule out U.S. ground combat against Islamic State? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 17 Watch Obama stresses U.S. forces in Iraq will advise, not join combat By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 17 Watch Kurdish drive for independence delayed by fight against Islamic State By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 16 Watch Dempsey leaves open possibility of U.S. military advisors in Iraq joining combat By PBS News Hour The use of American troops to battle the Islamic State has not been ruled out, according to Gen. Martin Dempsey during a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Meanwhile, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel underscored that the U.S. air campaign… Continue watching
Sep 16 Hagel, Dempsey defend Obama’s plan to target Islamic State extremists By Donna Cassata, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The nation’s top military leader told Congress on Tuesday that if President Barack Obama’s expanded military campaign to destroy Islamic extremists fails, he would recommend that the United States consider deploying American ground forces to Iraq. Continue reading
Sep 15 Watch Can U.S. mobilize regional allies to fight Islamic State? By PBS News Hour Gwen Ifill speaks with retired Col. Derek Harvey, a former Army intelligence officer, and Steven Simon, a former National Security Council staff member, about the challenges for the U.S. in establishing a coalition to fight the Islamic State extremists. Continue watching