October 12th, 2014 - 07:19 GMT U.S. plan in ruins as IS expands its control America's plans to fight Islamic State are in ruins as the militant group's fighters come close to capturing Kobani and have inflicted a heavy defeat on the Iraqi army west of Baghdad. Read more
![US president: America can't commit itself to endless cycle of violence; senators weigh sanctions legislation that would respect 6-month deadline. [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/451643619.jpg?itok=kBE6uA8m "US president: America can't commit itself to endless cycle of violence; senators weigh sanctions legislation that would respect 6-month deadline. [Getty Images]")
