ISIS claims responsibility for the bombs in Egypt.
I am 110% confident Assad did not use the chemical weapons. It was a false flag designed to get the US to hinder Assad, to the advantage of ISIS. The New York Times published a story back in November, noting several dozen times ISIS has used what few chemical weapons they have.
My best guess is that Syria and Russia don't bite, only act to protect themselves and continue to prosecute their attacks on ISIS. With Iraqi forces chocking ISIS on the East (backed by both the US and Iran) and Syria/Russia advancing on ISIS on the West, ISIS may be about dead. Saudi Arabia is the primary backer of ISIS. It will be interesting to see next steps.
Rich, prayers to you and yours, and everyone in harms way.
boo
PS The alarms in Dallas, hacked by someone with prints from Russia. That sounds like a pretty serious warning. Russia has a Strategic Imperative I Syria. This is all about a natural gas pipeline into Southern Europe, from Israel and Saudi Arabia. If successful the Russian economy, and leverage over Europe disappears. This is much, much bigger than simple gas and ISIS.