ISIS Beheads 81-Year-Old Scholar Who Tried To Protect Antiquities
Archaeologist Khaled al-Asaad was killed in Palmyra, Syria, after he reportedly refused to answer ISIS's questions about where ancient artifacts were hidden.
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Iowa State Fair Goers Grill Jeb Bush On Brother's Role In Iraq
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush campaigned at the Iowa State Fair on Friday and took questions at the Des Moines Register's Soapbox. He was asked about the Iraq War.
U.S. Investigates Reports ISIS Used Chemical Weapons In Attack On Kurds
The United States is investigating reports that self-declared Islamic State fighters used a chemical agent, possibly mustard gas, in an attack on Kurdish forces in Iraq earlier this week.
Peter Beinart: GOP Uses The Surge To Squash Doubts About The Iraq Invasion
NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Peter Beinart of The Atlantic about the Republican Party's increasingly vocal criticism of the Obama administration's foreign policy failures in Iraq.
Jeb Bush Criticizes Obama, Clinton For Spread Of ISIS
GOP presidential hopeful Jeb Bush outlined his strategy to combat the self-proclaimed Islamic State, also known as ISIS, in a speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California on Tuesday.
ISIS Claims Responsibility As Scores Killed In Baghdad Truck Bomb
The suicide bomb hit a major marketplace in a predominantly Shiite neighborhood of Baghdad.
ISIS Claims Responsibility For Baghdad Market Bombing
The Iraqi Interior Ministry says more than two dozen people were killed Thursday. The attack was claimed by the self-proclaimed Islamic State, also known as ISIS.
25 Years In Iraq, With No End In Sight
Iraq invaded Kuwait on Aug. 2, 1990. The U.S. reversed Saddam Hussein's aggression, but it was just the start of the U.S. military role in Iraq that's spanned four presidents and a panoply of goals.
After A Year Of Bombing ISIS, U.S. Campaign Shows Just Limited Gains
Airstrikes have helped push back the Islamic State in some places, but the group has gained in other areas. Pentagon officials say the U.S. operation may need another two years or more to succeed.
You Can Stop Gun Violence The Same Way You Stop AIDS Or TB
Epidemiologist Gary Slutkin has taken the lessons he's learned fighting TB and HIV/AIDS and applied them to stop the spread of gun violence. Because like those diseases, violence is contagious.