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President Trump speaking after the United States carried out a missile attack in Syria on Thursday. Credit Doug Mills/The New York Times

A Strike in Syria Restores Our Credibility in the World

by Tom Cotton | Apr 12, 2017 | Opinion

After President Bashar al-Assad of Syria once again attacked his own citizens with poison gas, the civilized world recoiled in horror at images of children writhing in pain and suffocating to death. President Trump voiced this justified outrage at a news conference on...

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Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao listens at left as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with business leaders in the State Department Library of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Tuesday, April 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

In Syria’s Next Big Battle, the US has a Crucial Role to Play

by Josh Rogin | Apr 12, 2017 | Opinion

Bashar al-Assad’s chemical weapons attack on a town in the northern Syrian province of Idlib, prompting President Trump to retaliate with missile strikes, was the opening salvo in what could be a final, epic battle to determine the future of Syria. As that struggle...

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Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with US President Donald Trump. (Carlos Barria / Reuters)

China’s Xi Urges Trump Peaceful Resolution of North Korea Tensions

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 12, 2017 | World

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has urged US President Donald Trump to peacefully resolve surging tensions over North Korea’s nuclear program, as a US aircraft carrier strike group steams towards the region. In a phone call with Trump, Xi told him China “advocates...

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A Syrian child receives treatment following a suspected toxic gas attack earlier this week.Credit Mohamed Al-Bakour/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Trump Was Right to Strike Syria

by Nicholas Kristof | Apr 11, 2017 | Opinion

President Trump’s air strikes against Syria were of dubious legality. They were hypocritical. They may have had political motivations. But most of all, they were right. I’m deeply suspicious of Trump’s policies and competence, but this is a case where he is right and...

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Thank Trump for Enforcing Obama’s ‘Red Line’ in Syria

by Eli Lake | Apr 10, 2017 | Opinion

Samantha Power should send a thank-you note to Donald Trump. Power made her reputation as the author of “A Problem From Hell: America and the Age of Genocide.” It persuasively argued that the US has a special responsibility to protect potential victims of...