Senior military and administration officials have said that the United States is considering a strategy to combat the Islamic State that would involve opening up a network of training bases across Iraq, the New York Times reports.

Keith Broomfield, a 36-year-old Massachusetts native, has died in combat assisting Syrian Kurdish soldiers in a skirmish against forces of the Islamic State, the State Department confirmed Wednesday.

Yet another teen has fallen for the siren call of ISIS: A 14-year-old Austrian boy pled guilty to terrorism charges today after he was accused of planning to bomb a Vienna train station. According to Reuters, the boy was encouraged by ISIS and downloaded bomb plans to his Playstation.

In an interview Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Defense Secretary Ash Carter said that the Iraqi military lacked the “will to fight” the resurgent Islamic State, demonstrated by the loss of Ramadi to militant forces last week.

Iran has sent a small number of troops to help Iraq retake a major oil refinery from the Islamic State, the Associated Press reports. The Iranians will operate artillery and heavy weaponry in support of advancing Iraqi ground troops.

In a statement, the Pentagon confirmed that coalition airstrikes against ISIS in Syria “likely resulted” in the deaths of two children, the Guardian reports. The airstrikes were carried out in early November of last year against facilities in Harem, near Aleppo, controlled by the Khorasan group, an al-Qaida affiliate.

Islamic State forces captured another key Syrian territory Wednesday night, toppling government forces in the ancient city of Palmyra.

The New York Times reports that the city of Ramadi, capital of Iraq’s Anbar province, has fallen to the Islamic State. Security officials and tribal leaders say that the militant group has seized a large store of abandoned weapons and begun executing people loyal to the government.

On Friday, U.S. Special Operations forces entered Syria with the intent of capturing senior ISIS commander Abu Sayyaf and his wife Umm, the New York Times reports. The Pentagon said in a statement that Sayyaf was killed after he “engaged U.S. forces.”

Forty inmates escaped from the Khalis prison in Iraq’s Diyala province during a riot that killed at least six police officers and 30 prisoners on Saturday, the Associated Press reports. Some sources put the number of casualties and fugitives much higher, saying as many as 200 inmates escaped.

No matter how many zillions of munitions we drop or drone-fire onto the territory controlled by ISIS, we’re woefully far behind in the propaganda war—and nowhere is this more evident than the increasing Meme Gap. But internet legend turned senator Cory Booker wants to turn the tide.

It’s a real shame that the Ninawa International Hotel is owned and operated by an army of blood-lustful zealots who will dismember you for smoking a cigarette, because look at this God damn fountain!

The Islamic State has reportedly claimed responsibility for Sunday’s attack by Elton Simpson and Nadir Soofi on an anti-Muslim cartoon contest in Garland, Texas.

After months of criticism that Twitter’s lax abuse policies have put women at risk and allowed ISIS to flourish online, the social network just updated (and broadened) its formal abuse policy. Now, merely “promoting” violence—just plain old violence, regardless of context or reason—is enough to get your feed axed. But what if you’re the U.S. Air Force?

The Islamic State released a video on Sunday appearing to show the killing of two groups of Ethiopian Christians captured by ISIS’s Libyan affiliates, the Guardian reports. The 29-minute-long video shows a group of around 15 men being beheaded in one location and another 15 being shot in the head elsewhere.

A suicide bombing in Jalalabad on Saturday killed at least 33 people and wounded another 105, the Associated Press reports. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said that the Islamic State had taken responsibility.

On a weekend filled with stories about killer cops, awful parents and Justin Bieber, ISIS released a video showing the purported destruction of yet another ancient Assyrian city, proving once again that, yes, they're still the worst.

A new video released by ISIS shows militants destroying ancient buildings in the city of Hatra with sledgehammers and assault rifles. The video was released on Friday, the Associated Press reports. ISIS descended upon the city early last month.

As part of a longterm, undercover FBI operation, federal authorities arrested two women allegedly planning to detonate a bomb in New York City on behalf of the Islamic State, ABC News reports.

In a misguided ode to a girlfriend, Kirk Soccorso tattooed his beloved's name on the inside of his lower lip. Her name is Isis. They have since broken up. When he showed the tattoo to his co-workers at a Long Island Home Depot discussing the extremist militant group beheading people in Syria, he was reportedly fired.