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Daily News Briefing

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The Christian Science Monitor Daily News Briefing provides an editorially curated perspective on important news of the day. Each issue provides a daily commentary from the editors, abridged versions of five key stories, an Editorial, the Christian Science perspective article, and a Top Headlines column. Insights gained from the Monitor can support and strengthen your prayers for the world. For the latest news and 24/7 access to Monitor content, you can also visit CSMonitor.com.

To all appearances, the leader of Syria is a person most people wouldn’t mind having as a neighbor.

President Obama’s pause for congressional approval before any military action against Syria is an extraordinary – perhaps a historic – pivot in American foreign policy.

The difficult position the United States and its allies are in as regards Syria arises from humanitarian concern not self-interest.