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In this undated file photo released online in the summer of 2014 on a militant social media account, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, militants of the Islamic State group hold up their weapons and wave its flags on their vehicles in a convoy on a road leading to Iraq, in Raqqa, Syria. (Militant photo via AP) **FILE**

US coalition targets IS figure involved in killing American

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

The Islamic State group, which has employed a broad range of strategies to subdue Sunni Muslim tribes in Syria and Iraq, is pushing its war for a caliphate into North Africa. Younger jihadis in particular appear to be mimicking the militants' rhetoric and brutality. (Associated Press)

SEAN PARNELL: Obama’s Middle East strategy is failing fast

By Sean Parnell

This undated file photo provided by the Kassig Family shows Peter Kassig standing in front of a truck filled with supplies for Syrian refugees. A new graphic video purportedly produced by Islamic State militants in Syria released Sunday Nov. 16, 2014 claims U.S. aid worker Kassig was beheaded. (AP Photo/Courtesy Kassig Family, File) — FILE

Peter Kassig beheaded in Islamic State video; American aid worker latest murder of Westerner

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, centre, addresses British troops, in Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, Friday, Oct. 3, 2014. Cameron on Friday pledged support for Afghanistan's newly sworn-in president and the country's new unity government, saying during a surprise visit to Kabul that Britain is committed to helping Afghans build a more secure and prosperous future. (AP Photo/Dan Kitwood, Pool)

Cameron on Islamic State fight: ‘This is going to be our struggle now’

By Jon Gambrell and Shawn Pegatchnik - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by Kassig Family shows Peter Kassig standing in front of a truck filled with supplies for Syrian refugees. A video purportedly produced by militants in Syria released Friday, Oct. 3, 2014, shows Kassig, of Indianapolis, kneeling on the ground as a masked militant says he will be killed next. (AP Photo/Courtesy Kassig Family)

Indiana aid worker’s parents plead for his release

By Rick Callahan - Associated Press