Syria airstrikes

Netanyahu accused Iran of bringing some 80,000 Shiite fighters to Syria, from countries such as Afghanistan and Pakistan, to "convert" Sunni Muslims in Syria and launch attacks against Israel.

North Korea is an ally of Syria, Cuba and other fellow enemies of U.S. foreign policy, but peace may be on the horizon.

Iraq was one of the few Middle Eastern countries to condemn the U.S. attack on Syria, which Baghdad saw as an ally against ISIS.

The world's top two military powers may be on a collision course in Syria.

"The Russians met their match," said CIA Director Mike Pompeo, who has been nominated for secretary of state.

Russia has bolstered its air defenses in Syria, but shooting down a U.S. cruise missile is a sophisticated task that will put Putin's military to the test.

"You can sit at home and play 'Call of Duty' or you can come [to Syria] and respond to the real call of duty…."

The militia group recently claimed victory over Raqqa, a Syrian city ISIS considered its capital.

"We are not increasing our role in the Syrian civil war. But we will defend our troops," said U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis

The former president said leaders are often praised for taking military action and criticized for failing to do so. He maintains his decision not to order airstrikes in Syria was the right one.

A watchdog is questioning the White House's legal basis for the attack despite bipartisan support.

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said the strike on a Syrian military air base "didn't cost the president anything."

A monitoring group said the death toll in Deir Ezzor was likely to increase as many of those injured were in a critical condition.

On Wednesday, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson found himself in the same place as his predecessor, trying to prod Moscow on Syria. And to no avail.

A new survey found a majority of Americans are pretty confident President Donald Trump is equipped to decide the next steps in Syria.

Moscow's attempt to blame the Syrian rebels for the deadly attack is just about 'deflecting blame' for the Assad regime, officials say.

It's unclear whether the U.S. will mount a larger military intervention to unseat Assad or take a diplomatic approach.

McMaster said the missile strike against Syria was to meant to send a "strong political message to Assad," saying the White House was "prepared to do more."

Syria's president may see the Tomahawk attack as a 'slap on the wrist' in the absence of a major strategic shift.

Secretary of State says Moscow failed to live up to a chemical weapons agreement.

A statement from Russia, Iran and Assad's militia allies says American airstrikes were 'an aggression on Syria.'

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says warplanes carried out air strikes on rebel-held areas in the eastern Homs countryside.

Regime says the U.S. military's action justifies its decision to develop nuclear weapons.

The president was presented with a plan that would have included a strike on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's palace.

At the moment the U.S. military is in the foreign policy driver's seat, and that's not a good thing, experts say

Still, Congress is demanding consultations on the White House's broader strategy for the war-torn country.

Despite the U.S. strike against Assad, Trump's Syria policy remains unclear.

After this latest atrocity, we may see a change in U.S. rhetoric.

Syria responded by deploying air defense systems.

Ankara continued to criticize the U.S. for what it sees as a lack of support for its aims in Syria.