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Syria ISIS attack — A suicide bombing in Syria claimed by ISIS killed 14 people including four Americans this week. Two questions we'll be watching: Will this attack impact the pace of President Trump's ordered withdrawal of US troops from Syria, and is the bombing part of a broader ISIS strategy to launch a wave of new attacks as US troops depart?
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What We're Ignoring:
An End to World War II — Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will meet next week. On their agenda: an end to World War II. Russia and Japan have never signed a formal peace treaty to end the conflict, and many in Japan continue to hope that, as part of a peace deal, Russia will return a group of Pacific islands seized at the end of the war. Russians call them the Kuril Islands, and Japan still refers to them as the Northern Territories. We're ignoring this story, because we doubt Putin will ever willingly give away a single acre of Russian land.
North Korean beaches — Fans of Puppet Regime know all about those North Korean beaches that will "leave you speechless." Satellite photos suggest a giant beach resort in the Wonsan-Kalma Coastal Tourist Area, a strip of land once used for artillery drills and missile launches, is almost ready for summer fun. We'd love to sneak a peek at the new water slides, but we'll ignore this development until Kim Jong-un feels its fully ready for inspection.