John Kerry: “We are at war” with ISIS  —  Shares -  —  Secretary of State John Kerry backtracked on the language he had used to describe the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS, also known as ISIL), saying in an interview on CBS' “Face the Nation” Sunday that, “we are at war” with the group.

Islamic State Video Claims Beheading of British Man  —  Obama, Cameron Condemn Killing, Vow to Bring Perpetrators to Justice  —  BAGHDAD—The Islamic State militant group released a video late Saturday that it said showed the beheading of David Haines, a British aid worker.

Alan Henning, shown in alleged ISIS video as next victim, is British aid worker who was helping Syrian refugees  —  Henning is seen at the end of the video that reportedly shows the execution of fellow Brit David Haines.  He's a humanitarian worker from the Manchester area who was abducted …

Chilling: ISIS militants threatened to kill David Haines if their demands were not met  —  Islamic State militants have released footage claiming to show the beheading of British hostage David Haines.  —  The aid worker, 44, was captured by ISIS in Syria in March 2013.

Paths to War, Then and Now, Haunt Obama  —  WASHINGTON — Just hours before announcing an escalated campaign against Islamic extremists last week, President Obama privately reflected on another time when a president weighed military action in the Middle East — the frenzied weeks leading up to the American invasion of Iraq a decade ago.