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Why Putin probably won’t retaliate against US strikes on Assad in Syria

By Tom Rogan
Published April 10, 2018 8:10pm ET
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Why Putin probably won’t retaliate against US strikes on Assad in Syria
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has accused Russian President Vladimir Putin (pictured above) as being responsible for a nerve agent attack on Sergei Skripal and his daughter on March 4. | (Alexei Druzhinin/AP)

When the U.S. takes military action against Syrian President Bashar Assad for his chemical weapons attack last Saturday, Russia is unlikely to retaliate.

Two factors underline why.

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