WATCH: Episode Four Of VICE Media’s stunning report the formerly al-Qaida-linked terror group that now prefers to be known simply as the Islamic State (IS).Since capturing large swaths of territory in Syria and Iraq, the formerly al-Qaida-affiliated terror group now prefers to be known simply as the Islamic State (IS).
Last week, as ISIS approached the Kurdish city of Erbil in Iraq, President Barack Obama authorized American airstrikes against the group to stop its advance.