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After a threat imposed by ISIS in the month of January, Obama tells New Yorker magazine that he does not believe ISIS to be a major threat and that compares the terrorist group to a "JV" team.
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Throughout the months of June and July, the Islamic State militants seize control of vast territories in eastern Syria and western Iraq.
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Weeks after sending 300 additional military personnel to Iraq, Obama approved "targeted airstrikes" against ISIS if U.S. forces int he region are threatened.
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ISIS releases a video of the beheading of American journalist James Foley. A masked men threatens to behead another hostage, American journalist Steven Sotloff, if Obama does not agree to cease fire on airstrikes.
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Through video, before beheading American journalist Steven Sotloff, a masked Islamic State militant warns Obama again to cease fire on airstrikes, unless more American's will continue to be beheaded.
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The President addresses the nation stating that the U.S. military has a plan to "degrade and ultimately destroy" ISIS. Obama says the terrorist group is neither Islamic nor a state.
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Through video, an Islamic State militant targets United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron over his policy of arming Kurdish forces to combat ISIS in Iraq by beheading British aid worker David Haines.
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The Islamic State released a video of the beheading of Alan Henning in response to the British Prime Minister arming Kurdish forces to combat against ISIS.
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The Islamic State released a video beheading American aid worker and former United States Army Ranger, Peter Kassig, in response to the airstrikes against the terrorist group.
