The start of negotiations offers Putin an opportunity to declare an official end to the Russian air campaign that helped Assad win back some key ground ahead of talks.

In an effort to deal with individuals attempting to join terror organizations, Israel declared three Islamic terror groups as illegal.

The US is pausing a program to train Syrian rebels to fight ISIS and the Nusra Front after the program's graduates suffered a series of embarrassing defeats.

Over the past year, ISIS has slaughtered thousands, including 91 in the past month. Some were ISIS terrorists caught in an attempt to return to their home countries.

With Iran-funded terrorism on the Israel-Syria border and the increasing presence of jihadists, the IDF conducted two weeks of exercises to prepare for the possibility of an incursion into Syrian territory.