US airstrike on Syria: What next?
- Written by David Mednicoff, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Director, Middle Eastern Studies, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Make no mistake. The April 6 U.S. airstrike on Syria following Bashar al-Assad’s chemical weapon attack is a remarkable shift in President Donald Trump’s – and Washington’s – past policy.
As president-elect, Trump’s Middle Eastern concerns centered on defeating the Islamic State and depicted Syria’s...