Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)

• Syrian Protests Over Lack of Security Leave 2 Dead - Days after a bombing at a mosque in a predominantly Alawite area, members of the religious minority in Syria demonstrated for better protections.
• Zero Hour for the Middle East - After more than a decade of wars, from Syria to Gaza, the Middle East is exhausted by conflict. Is it ready to find another way?
• Facts Clash With Trump Claim of Hitting ISIS and Shielding Nigerian Christians - President Trump said the targets of airstrikes in Nigeria were Islamic State terrorists responsible for killing Christians, but experts question his framing.
• What to Know About ISIS Terror Attacks - The terror group has lost its territorial stronghold, but it still orchestrates and inspires violence through affiliates across Africa and beyond.
• Bondi Beach Shooting Suspects Also Used Pipe Bombs in Attack, Police Say - But the explosives did not detonate, according to investigators, who also found a video of the two men training with firearms.
• Sydney Shooting Suspects Met Muslim Leaders in Philippines, Officials Say - Intelligence authorities in the Philippines say the father and son apparently slipped out of Davao City during their monthlong stay, but details remain sketchy.
• Long Before Bondi Massacre, Australian Jews Lived With a Sense of Peril - Armed guards, bollards and secretive precautions became part of life amid antisemitic attacks and blurred lines between anger at Israel and hatred of Jews.
• U.S. Strikes on Syria Underscore Scale of Challenge for Its President - The Syrian government did not comment directly on the extensive American strikes targeting the Islamic State on Friday, but said it was intensifying its own efforts to fight the group.
• U.S. Strikes Islamic State Targets in Syria - American forces struck dozens of suspected ISIS sites, making good on President Trump’s vow to avenge two American soldiers and a civilian U.S. interpreter killed by the group last week.
• Trump Signs Law Repealing Tough Sanctions on Syria - The Caesar Act was imposed in 2019 in response to widespread and systematic violations of human rights by the regime of former dictator Bashar al-Assad.