“American warplanes hit an ISIS camp in Libya where foreign fighters had been engaged in advanced training, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said Friday. Noureddine Chouchane, a senior operative in the terrorist group from Tunisia, was believed to be among those from around Africa and the Middle East who had converged on the site, Earnest said.”

• Syria crisis: Strikes on hospitals and schools kill ‘up to 50’

“Up to 50 people have been killed in missile attacks on schools and hospitals in northern Syria, according to the United Nations. “Such attacks are a blatant violation of international laws,” the UN said. Among the sites hit was a Medecins Sans Frontieres hospital, where seven people were reportedly killed.”

• US, Cuba Sign Deal on Commercial Flights

“The United States and Cuba signed a deal Tuesday restoring commercial air traffic for the first time in five decades, allowing dozens of new daily flights to bring hundreds of thousands more American travelers a year to the island as early as this fall. Immediately after the signing, the U.S. Department of Transportation opened bidding by American air carriers on as many as 110 U.S.-Cuba flights a day — more than five times the current number. All flights operating between the two countries today are charters.”

• A convoy of food and medicine is finally reaching 3 besieged communities in Syria

“Aid convoys delivered long-awaited food, medicine and other supplies to three besieged Syrian communities Monday, part of a U.N.-supported operation to help tens of thousands of civilians cut off for months by the fighting. Reports of starvation and images of emaciated children have raised global concerns and underscored the urgency for new peace talks that the U.N. is hoping to host in Geneva on Jan. 25.”

• China said to deploy missiles on South China Sea island

“China has deployed surface-to-air missiles on a disputed island in the South China Sea, according to Taiwan and U.S. officials, in a move that has alarmed the country’s Asian neighbors.”