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A man carries the body of a dead child, after what rescue workers described as a suspected gas attack in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in rebel-held Idlib, Syria April 4, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah

‘Horrible’ Pictures of Suffering Moved Trump to Action on Syria

by Ashley Parker, David Nakamura and Dan Lamothe | Apr 9, 2017 | Middle East

When President Trump began receiving his intelligence briefings in January, his team made a request: The president, they said, was a visual and auditory learner. Would the briefers please cut down on the number of words in the daily briefing book and instead use more...

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U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) fires a tomahawk land attack missile in Mediterranean Sea which U.S. Defense Department said was a part of cruise missile strike against Syria on April 7, 2017. Robert S. Price/Courtesy U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS

Shayrat Attack… Significant but Insufficient

by Salman Al-dossary | Apr 9, 2017 | Opinion

Last week’s morning was a turning point in the US dealing with the Syrian crisis. When 59 missiles Tomahawk were launched towards Shayrat airport, this was the first direct attack by the |United States on Bashar Al-Assad regime since the beginning of the revolution...

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Egyptians gather in front of a Coptic church that was bombed on Sunday in Tanta, Egypt, April 9, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Bombings at Egyptian Coptic Churches Kill 36, ISIS Claims Responsibility

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 9, 2017 | Middle East

At least 36 people were killed and more than 100 injured in bomb attacks on two Coptic churches on Palm Sunday, in the latest assault on a religious minority increasingly targeted by extremists. The first bombing, took place in the Nile Delta town of Tanta in a church...

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U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) conducts strike operations while in the Mediterranean Sea which U.S. Defense Department said was a part of cruise missile strike against Syria on April 7, 2017. Ford Williams/Courtesy U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS

Counter-Propaganda against US Strike on Syria

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Apr 9, 2017 | Opinion

Reactions from Iran, Russia and Syria following the US attack on Shayrat military airbase were exactly as expected. Condemnation statements were issued. The US strike came in response to the Syrian regime’s mass murder chemical attack on civilians on Friday morning,...

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Members of Yemen’s parliament (Reuters/Mohamed al-Sayaghi)

Yemen’s Parliament Deputy Speaker: Parliament Will Resume Sessions Soon

by Badr Al-Qahtani | Apr 9, 2017 | Middle East

London – Yemen’s Parliament Deputy Speaker Mohammad al-Shaddadi revealed that the parliament will resume its sessions soon in the temporary capital city of Aden. Shaddadi said that the parliament will perform regular governing and executive duties within the...