MUST-READS

• Daesh Economics
  The Islamic State Meets the Laws of Economics

  The majority of IS’s wealth comes from taxation as well as the sale of grain and petroleum, for which they have a monopoly over within their territory. Exploitation of these resources is finite, though.

  • FP - Hitting the Islamic State’s Oil Isn’t Enough
• Syria
  Inside Assad’s Syria

  Correspondent Martin Smith goes Inside Assad's Syria to report from government-controlled areas as war rages, with on-the-ground reporting and firsthand accounts from Syrians caught in the crisis.

• ISIS Strategy
  Understanding the Paris Attacks: Is ISIS a Rational Actor?

  In killing 130 civilians in Paris—the worst such attack in France since World War II—ISIS has forced us to contend, once again, with the question of the “rationality” of self-professed ideologues.

  • Vocativ - ISIS Releases Target Lists Of U.S. Officials
• Israel - Palestine
  Violence flares as Kerry meets Netanyahu in Israel

  A Palestinian motorist rammed his vehicle into a group of Israeli soldiers at a West Bank checkpoint on Tuesday, wounding three, Israel's military said, as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visited for the first time in over a year, hoping to calm two months of deadly violence.

• Anti-ISIS Campaign
  Hollande’s message to Obama: This is an emergency

  French President Francois Hollande will arrive in Washington Tuesday to deliver a message to President Obama about the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS): This is an emergency.

  • Reuters - Kerry says more cooperation with Russia possible, seeks to reassure opposition
  • Guardian - France's anti-Isis coalition: where the key countries stand
  • Quartz - The French Military Is Experiencing an 'Unprecedented' Recruiting Surge
  • Brookings - Hollande comes to Washington: Can France and the U.S. lead the fight against ISIS?
• Syria
  Iran, Russia vow to oppose ‘external attempts’ to dump Assad

  Russia and Iran will jointly oppose "external attempts" at regime change in Syria, a Kremlin official said Monday in Tehran after President Vladimir Putin met supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

• Egypt
  ISIS claims responsibility for bombing in Egypt’s Sinai

  ISIS's Egyptian branch claimed responsibility for a bombing that killed four people and wounded at least 12 in a hotel in North Sinai capital al-Arish Tuesday where judges overseeing a parliamentary election were staying.

• EU Security
  Paris Attacks Investigation Continues as Belgium Remains on Lockdown

  European officials were working feverishly on numerous fronts Tuesday to stave off potential terror attacks while chasing leads from the latest one.

• Daesh
  10 Saudis fighting for Daesh captured in Iraq

  Ten Saudis fighting for the Daesh terrorist organization have been captured by the Kurdish Peshmerga forces in Iraq during battle, an online newspaper reported on Sunday.

• Saudi-Russia
  Saudi and Russian delegates to hold business forum in Moscow

  A high-profile business conference hosting Russian and Saudi delegates will begin this week in Moscow, Arab News reported on Tuesday.

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