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President Donald Trump has pledged to pursue an “America first” strategy both at home and internationally, but recent events in the Middle East have quickly put that practice to the test.

The Pentagon has confirmed that the ISIS-fighting coalition carried out a strike on March 17 in an area of western Mosul where residents say more than 100 civilians were killed. US officials say they’re investigating the incident.

Here is a list of some of the organizations trying to rescue the massive number of Syrians caught in the nation’s civil war.Here is a list of some of the organizations trying to rescue the massive number of Syrians caught in the nation’s civil war.

The embattled Syrian leader, Bashar al-Assad, appeared in Moscow on Tuesday night, for his first trip outside of his country since the uprising against him began in 2011. It’s a sign of his dependence on Russian military assistance. And it seems Vladimir Putin summoned Assad to get a sense of how flexible he is on his role in any political settlement or transition in Syria. Syria’s secular elite shares a deep comfort level with the arrival of Russian forces.

US planes have started bombing ISIS militia positions near Baghdad in the first phase of the expanded campaign announced by President Obama last week. The strikes are to support Iraqi troops fighting the Islamist group and they seem to be working.