Here Are All The Details The Pentagon Just Released Regarding Its Missile Attack On Syria (Updated)
The Pentagon revealed new information about the operation including a detailed account of weapons and launch platforms used.
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United States, France, And UK Begin Air Strikes On Syria (Updating Live)
The strikes come after days of conflicting reports, rapid diplomatic exchanges, and threats of retaliation from Russia.
Russia Blames UK For Faking Gas Attack While US Says It Has Proof Assad Was Behind It
As strikes by the U.S., France, and the UK on the Syrian government loom, Russia says the gas attack was fabricated at the behest of the UK.
Mattis’s Top Worry On Syrian Strike Is “Keeping It From Escalating Out Of Control”
The fear of U.S. strikes on Syria leading to a larger and much more dire military conflict with Russia is not lost on the Secretary of Defense.
Air Strikes Targeting Syrian Military Sites Appear To Have Begun (Live Updating)
Hours after President Trump posted a foreboding tweet about the chemical attack in Douma, an aerial offensive appears to be underway.
If Reports Of Deadly Gas Attack In Syria Are True Will U.S. Strike As Promised?
On the anniversary of the U.S. Tomahawk missile attack on Syria, the White House may be forced to strike Assad again or face losing credibility.
Video Supposedly Shows Syrian Dictator Assad Driving A Honda Into War-Torn East Ghouta
The Syrian strongman is known to drive himself around, but not onto or very near a battlefield.
US Launched Tomahawk Missile Attack On Shayrat Air Base In Syria (Updated)
Details are still emerging but by most credible accounts the US has launched between 50 and 60 BGM-109 Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles at Shayrat Air Base in western Syria. The strikes were limited to the base itself, including aircraft, runways, munitions dumps and fuel facilities at the base. The missiles were all fired from two US warships operating in the eastern Mediterranean.
Striking Assad in Retaliation for Gas Attack Is a Horrible Idea
The pictures are devastating, the accounts are even worse. The early morning aerial gas attack on the town of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib Province, Syria that killed 83 and wounded over 150 has reverberated throughout the international community. Just a couple days after the Trump Administration seemed to turn away from policy of regime change in Syria, the White House may be preparing to take military action against the Assad regime, which would be a first since the Syrian civil war began over six years ago. And although Assad is a miserable tyrant and war criminal, attacking him now is a terrible idea. Here’s why.