OBAMA APPROVES AIR SURVEILLANCE OF ISIS IN SYRIA.

The article discusses U.S. president Barack Obama's approval of unmanned reconnaissance flights over Syria aimed at monitoring the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) extremist organization. Topics addressed include the possibility of direct U.S. military intervention in the Syrian civil war, U.S. resistance to inadvertently aiding the government of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, and potential strategic options for the U.S. in Syria.