Obama Administration To Shift Ransom-For-Hostages Rules
While the Obama administration maintains it will not negotiate with terrorists, it will allow families to negotiate on their own for release of loved ones.
Islamic State
Report: ISIS Lays Mines Around Ancient Sites In Palmyra
The U.K.-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says it isn't clear whether the move is meant to secure the ancient treasures from government forces or to destroy them.
Third Man Arrested In New York Pressure Cooker Bomb Plot
Prosecutors say Fareed Mumuni, 21, was part of a plot to support ISIS. A criminal complaint also alleges he used a kitchen knife to try to stab an FBI agent who came to his Staten Island home.
ISIS Rule In Mosul: Few Come And Go As Extremists Dig In
The Islamic State remains in full control a year after capturing the city. Relatively few ISIS fighters are visible, but they have imposed strict rules on all aspects of life.
Virginia Teen Pleads Guilty To Supporting ISIS Over Social Media
Ali Shukri Amin, 17, admitted to showing the terrorist group how to use virtual currencies to mask funding. Amin could face up to 15 years in prison.
Cyber Archaeologists Rebuild Destroyed Artifacts
Hundreds of ancient artifacts have been damaged or destroyed during violence in the Middle East. Researchers are using the power of crowdsourcing and 3-D imaging to re-create the ancient artifacts.
Thousands Who Run, Few Who Fight: A Journalist On Ramadi's Fall
Ayman Oghanna was embedded with Iraqi special forces in Ramadi two days before the city fell to the self-declared Islamic State. He says Iraq's elite forces are capable, but need far more support.
Islamic State Claims Responsibility For Second Saudi Attack
At least four people, including a suspected suicide bomber, were killed in the attack on a Shiite mosque in the kingdom's Eastern Province.
Defense Secretary Carter: Iraqi Forces Lack 'Will To Fight' ISIS
Ash Carter, in an interview on CNN, said that the ISF lost Anbar despite "vastly outnumbering" fighters of the self-declared Islamic State.
ISIS Affiliate Claims Responsibility For Suicide Attack In Saudi Arabia
The bombing of a Shiite mosque killed at least 19 people. The claim of responsibility is a first for the extremist group involving an attack inside the kingdom.