“The move to attack in Syria would represent a remarkable escalation in strategy for Obama, who has sought during his presidency to reduce the U.S. military engagement in the Middle East.” WaPo provides a preview of what we’ll be hearing from President Obama’s primetime address on Wednesday night.

+ “The laptop of Muhammed S., a Tunisian chemistry and physics student who joined the Islamic State, contains an eclectic mix of speeches by jihadi leaders, neo-Nazi screeds, and U.S. Army manuals on specific aspects of warfare. It also contains glimpses of the 24-year-old jihadist’s former life, showing that he once had a weakness for the music of Celine Dion and a desire to find a good recipe for banana mousse.” Foreign Policy: Recipes from the Islamic State’s laptop of doom.

+ “I am a 14-year-old Yazidi girl given as a gift to an ISIS commander. Here’s how I escaped.”