<div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/13/world/middleeast/trump-strikes-syria-attack.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/13/world/middleeast/trump-strikes-syria-attack.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><span><h1 class="gmail-headline" id="gmail-headline" style="visibility: visible;">Trump Orders Strikes on Syria Over Suspected Chemical Weapons Attack</h1><div class="gmail-story-meta-footer" id="gmail-story-meta-footer"><p class="gmail-byline-dateline"><span class="gmail-byline">By <a title="More Articles by HELENE COOPER" href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/helene-cooper"><span class="gmail-byline-author"><font color="#0066cc">HELENE COOPER</font></span></a>, </span><span class="gmail-byline"><a title="More Articles by MICHAEL D. SHEAR" href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/michael-d-shear"><span class="gmail-byline-author"><font color="#0066cc">MICHAEL D. SHEAR</font></span></a> and </span><span class="gmail-byline"><a title="More Articles by BEN HUBBARD" href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/ben-hubbard"><span class="gmail-byline-author"><font color="#0066cc">BEN HUBBARD</font></span></a></span><time class="gmail-dateline" datetime="2018-04-13T22:38:53-04:00">APRIL 13, 2018</time> </p><p class="gmail-story-body-text gmail-story-content">WASHINGTON — The United States and European allies launched strikes on Friday against Syrian research, storage and military targets as President Trump sought to punish President Bashar al-Assad for a suspected <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/08/world/middleeast/syria-chemical-attack-ghouta.html"><font color="#0066cc">chemical attack</font></a> near Damascus last weekend that killed more than 40 people.</p><p class="gmail-story-body-text gmail-story-content">Britain and France joined the United States in the strikes in a coordinated operation that was intended to show Western resolve in the face of what the leaders of the three nations called persistent violations of international law. Mr. Trump characterized it as the beginning of a sustained effort to force Mr. Assad to stop using banned weapons.</p><p class="gmail-story-body-text gmail-story-content">---------------------------------------</p><p class="gmail-story-body-text gmail-story-content">Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett</p><div class="gmail-story-meta-footer-sharetools"><div class="gmail-sharetools gmail-theme-classic gmail-sharetools-story-meta-footer" id="gmail-sharetools-story-meta-footer"><ul class="gmail-sharetools-menu"><li class="gmail-sharetool gmail-show-all-sharetool"><i class="gmail-icon gmail-sprite-icon"><i class="gmail-icon gmail-sprite-icon"><i class="gmail-icon gmail-sprite-icon"><a><i class="gmail-icon gmail-sprite-icon"><span class="gmail-sharetool-text"></span></i></a></i></i></i></li></ul></div></div></div></span></div></div>