For now, links to three reports: from the Cradle and National Public Rado; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (GAZA and UKRAINE entries for this date, so far, are HERE and HERE.) — MCM

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FROM JAN. 6  The incoming ‘Islamic State’ of Syria. From the Cradle. Three weeks after Hayat Tahrir al-Sham seized power in Damascus, signs in Idlib, Aleppo and Damascus reveal that a fundamentalist religious state, accompanied by a brutal security apparatus, is emerging. READ MORE . . .

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Syria’s interim government faces a new, serious challenge — bread lines. Reported by Diaa Hadid | NPR  Bread lines have become a feature of the new Syria, posing a critical challenge to the country’s rebel rulers who ousted President Bashar al-Assad last month. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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How ISIS is adapting its tactics to survive. Is ISIS having a resurgence? A Martínez of NPR talks with Aaron David Miller, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, about how ISIS is adapting its tactics to survive. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.

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TO BE CONTINUED