Middle Euphrates River Valley, Syria 0
14 April 2018

Responding to the suspected chemical weapons attack in Douma on 7 April, the U.S., the United Kingdom and France struck targets in Damascus and Homs that the Pentagon characterized as “Syrian chemical weapons infrastructure”. According to President Trump, “the purpose of our actions … is to establish a strong deterrent against the production, spread and use of chemical weapons”. 

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