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Theresa May: Syria strike ‘not about regime change’

By Joel Gehrke
Published April 14, 2018 1:48am ET
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Theresa May: Syria strike ‘not about regime change’
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Updated at 10:09 p.m.

Western allies participating in a strike against Syrian President Bashar Assad are not trying to overthrow his regime, British Prime Minister Theresa May said in a Friday night statement.

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