President Donald Trump after speaking at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida.
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Are Trump’s missile strikes against Syria constitutional? An expert on Congress and foreign policy provides a brief history of how the separation of war powers has blurred over time.
Cruise missile strike against Syria on April 7, 2017.
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Was this a one-off intervention – or a sign that Trump will undertake more of an effort to undermine the Assad regime?
Trump boards Air Force One on April 6, 2017.
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‘America First’ apparently doesn’t mean a step away from playing the world’s policeman – and three more things to note about U.S. airstrikes on Syria.
An alliance tested.
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A thawing of tensions between the two superpowers seems as far away as it was under Obama.
Trump has a change of heart.
Reuters/Carlos Barria
Donald Trump suddenly appears to have been overcome with a sense of responsibility towards the people of Syria. How can that be explained?
US Navy Office of Information
The question now is how recent critical changes will impact on-the-ground military strategy.
Military strikes against a Syrian airforce base mark Donald Trump’s first big foreign policy test as president.
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The US military’s attack on a Syrian airforce base sets a worrying precedent of brashness and uncertainty in how the Trump administration may handle future crises in international relations.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley.
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A former US diplomat explains why some programs may make sense to cut, while others are crucial to America’s moral standing.
Syrian refugees on the Jordanian side of the border wait to enter a medical clinic in March 2017.
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Employing Syrian refugees is not the same as protecting them.
Receiving treatment.
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The use of chemical weapons will put even more pressure on fragile peace talks.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani talks to Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan on August 8 2016.
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The latest in a series of meetings will see the two countries sign a number of agreements on political and economic matters.
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The individual most directly responsible for a colossal humanitarian crisis is still in power – and might be for some time.
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By following these three lessons, Homs can re-emerge from the Syrian conflict an even greater city than before.
Yousseff Badawi
A Syrian architect reveals what makes her home town so special – and how locals can rebuild it.
The Syrian Democratic Forces were excluded from the latest round of peace talks.
Rodi Said/Reuters
Although the uprising in Syria will mark its sixth anniversary this month, the Syrian war has far from run its course.
It all depends on him.
EPA/Sedat Suna
Four major powers are dancing around each other in Syria – and the Kurds could end up as the kingmakers.
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Unless we’re addressing inequalities everywhere, we will achieve equality nowhere.
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Syrian refugees have been banned from the US for the next 120 days. Whatever happens next, the country they are fleeing will never be the same again.
Men watch the TV news in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 6, 2017.
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The revised ban allows entry to citizens of Iraq, but continues to block citizens of six other Muslim majority nations.
A supporter of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan holds a flag before Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim.
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Turkey tops the list of countries to watch in the Middle East. Surprising shifts in domestic and foreign Turkish policy will have an important influence on the web of complex developments in the entire…