Trump’s attack on Syria: Four takeaways
- Written by Simon Reich, Professor in The Division of Global Affairs and The Department of Political Science, Rutgers University Newark
On April 6, two U.S. Navy destroyers in the Mediterranean Sea fired 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at Shayrat airfield in western Homs province in Syria. The strike purportedly came in retaliation for the Syrian government’s use of chemical weapons in an attack in Khan Sheikhoun earlier in the week.
According to the Pentagon, the strike...