Islamic State Poised To Capture Syrian Border Town, Turkey Warns
Militants with the self-described Islamic State raised their group's black flag over the eastern gate in Kobani on Monday.
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What We Know About The American Being Held By The Islamic State
Peter Kassig was an Iraq War veteran who went to Syria to volunteer at hospitals. In a profile aired by CNN in 2012, Kassig said he's an idealist who believes in hopeless causes.
In New Video, Islamic State Beheads British Citizen
The video is made in the same style of others, and a masked man warns that the Sunni militant group has captured another American citizen.
Kurds In Syria Warn Of Massacre If ISIS Seizes Border Town
Islamic State militants have stepped up attacks on Kobani, which lies along the Turkey-Syria border and has been encircled by the extremists for weeks.
Muslims In Minnesota Weigh Whether To Expel Or Engage At-Risk Youth
After several young people left to join ISIS, leaders are considering which approach to take with marginalized youth. Boston's experience with the marathon bombing suspects may be instructive.
ISIS Captives Tell Of Rapes And Beatings, Plead For Help
Activists say militants are holding hundreds, perhaps thousands of Yazidi women in northern Iraq. The women make contact through secret phones; some men have been killed or beaten trying to save them.
U.N. Report Details Possible War Crimes By Islamic State Militants
The High Commissioner for Human Rights says mass executions, forcing women and girls into sex slavery and the use of child soldiers may constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity.
ISIS Militants Reportedly Behead Kurds In Northern Syria
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says Islamic State militants killed the seven men and three women near the besieged Kurdish town of Kobani.
Napolitano: ISIS Was One Of Many Similar Threats We Were Tracking
The former homeland security secretary and Arizona governor also talks about security improvements since the Sept. 11 attacks and the frustrations and potential solutions to the immigration debate.
Obama: U.S. Underestimated ISIS, Overestimated Iraqi Army
In an interview with 60 Minutes the president, citing the director of national intelligence, acknowledged that U.S. intelligence overestimated the ability of the Iraqi army to fight the group.