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Patrick Fallon / Reuters Trump’s Disillusioned Supporters
The president’s military action in Syria is a bitter disappointment for some of his biggest fans.
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Syrian TV / Reuters What's Next in Syria?
After military strikes, the next steps are likely to be diplomatic.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Seven Lessons From Trump's Syria Strike
The attack raises a series of questions about the president’s approach to America’s political processes and institutions.
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Aaron Bernstein / Reuters Trump’s Support From Democrats on Syria
Opposition leaders have criticized the president’s approval process, but not his military action itself.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters The Obama Doctrine, R.I.P.
Under pressure to respond to Assad’s use of chemical weapons, Trump reached for the same playbook that his predecessor resisted opening.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Trump's Syria Strike Was Unconstitutional and Unwise
The military intervention solved nothing, while bypassing Congress, betraying the president’s non-interventionist supporters, and highlighting his hypocrisy.
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Sergei Karpukhin / Reuters What the World Is Saying About the U.S. Strike in Syria
Russia condemned it while U.S. allies called it proportional.
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Robert S. Price / U.S. Navy / Reuters Why America Should Have Hit Assad Four Years Ago
When dealing with mass killing, deterrence is more effective than disarmament.
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Reuters / Department of Defense The Fight Against the Islamic State Just Got Harder
Initial thoughts on the Trump administration’s new front in the Syrian war
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Justin Stumberg / U.S. Navy / Reuters What Is Al-Shayrat Military Airfield?
The United States launched dozens of Tomahawk missiles at the base Thursday night, in response to the Syrian government’s chemical attack on a rebel-held city earlier this week.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters A Polarized Political Response to Trump's Syria Strike
Some politicians applauded the president’s swift action, while others raised questions about its legal basis, or labeled it unconstitutional.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters The U.S. Strikes in Syria
The Trump administration targeted facilities belonging to President Bashar al-Assad, opening a new front in U.S. military operations.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters What Could Stop Trump From Launching a War in Syria?
After long insisting American action was unwise, the president is suddenly planning for military action—but he’ll face legal and practical hurdles.
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James Lawler Duggan / Reuters Will Republican Hawks Convince Trump to Take a Tougher Line on Syria?
Some GOP senators are urging action in the wake of a deadly chemical attack.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters The Painful Syrian Education of Barack Obama and Donald Trump
The former president said he was proud of a deal to remove chemical weapons without military intervention. If that didn’t work, what will his successor do?
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters The Trump Administration Appears to Embrace Regime Change in Syria
In an about-face, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said of Bashar al-Assad: “It would seem there would be no role for him to govern the Syrian people.”
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Ammar Abdullah / Reuters A History of Sarin as a Weapon
It has only been used in three attacks—Tuesday's attack in Syria may have been No. 4.
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Ammar Abdullah / Reuters How Is Syria Still Using Chemical Weapons?
Despite an agreement reached years ago, chemicals have been used repeatedly on the country's battlefield.
