Tag: Syria

President Donald Trump speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Thursday, April 6, 2017, after the U.S. fired a barrage of cruise missiles into Syria Thursday night in retaliation for this week's gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians.

Trump: Syria strike in US ‘vital national security interest’

Sarah Bedford · April 7, 2017 1:55 am

U.S. ships have launched more than 50 Tomahawk missiles at an air field in Syria late Thursday evening Washington time, according to NBC. (U.S. Navy)

‘Vital national security interest’: Trump orders attack on Syrian airfield

Sarah Bedford, Travis J. Tritten · April 7, 2017 1:19 am

"Something should happen," Sen. Marco Rubio tweeted late Thursday. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Rubio warns Assad of US response with Bible quote

Anna Giaritelli · April 7, 2017 12:52 am

In January, Susan Rice Assured NPR the Obama Admin Removed Chemical Weapons From Syria

Mark Hemingway · April 6, 2017 11:50 pm

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during the Women in the World Summit at Lincoln Center in New York, Thursday, April 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Hillary Clinton: ‘Take out’ Assad’s air fields

Anna Giaritelli · April 6, 2017 11:15 pm

Assad is no hero of Russia. He simply serves Putin's Russian interests. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s new tough tone on Syria does not mean war is coming with Syria. Here’s why

Tom Rogan · April 6, 2017 9:14 pm

President Trump, like so many others, was clearly shaken by the pictures of dead children, ghostly white, having died at the hands of poisonous gas delivered from their own government. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

Do Trump or the White House know what their own policy on Syria is?

Daniel DePetris · April 6, 2017 8:35 pm

Marco Rubio Applauds Trump’s Change of Heart on Syria

Jenna Lifhits · April 6, 2017 7:45 pm

"With respect to Syria, we struck a deal where we got 100 percent of the chemical weapons out." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

Beltway Confidential

PolitiFact pulls its faulty assessment of chemical weapons in Syria

David Freddoso · April 6, 2017 7:42 pm

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters on Air Force One while in flight from Andrews Air Force Base, Md., to Palm Beach International Airport, Fla., Thursday, April 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National Security

Trump: ‘Something should happen’ to Assad for chemical attack

Sarah Bedford · April 6, 2017 7:22 pm

Tillerson says steps are "underway" to remove Bashar Assad as Syria's president. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

National Security

Rex Tillerson: US organizing coalition to remove Assad

Joel Gehrke · April 6, 2017 7:05 pm

Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham, both Republicans, said a U.S.-led coalition should ground the Syrian air force by shooting airplanes out of the sky and bombing airfields. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

Senators split on Trump authority to strike Syria

Travis J. Tritten · April 6, 2017 7:05 pm