Foreign Policy

A sidelined America limits already difficult options in Syria

By Rep. French Hill
Published May 14, 2019 6:45pm ET
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A sidelined America limits already difficult options in Syria
This photo provided by the Syrian Civil Defense group known as the White Helmets shows members of the Syrian Civil Defense workers carrying a victim after a deadly airstrike hit a market killing several people in the village of Ras el-Ain, in the northwestern province of Idlib, Syria. | (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP)

Earlier this month, while President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spent an hour on the phone discussing North Korea aggressions and the conflict in Venezuela, Syrian dictator Bashar Assad and his Russian allies were barrel-bombing civilians in the Syrian province of Idlib.

It would be hard to find a starker example of an adrift U.S. policy on the conflict in Syria.

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