LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jonah Bennett French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault pledged Wednesday that France will release proof tying the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to the chemical weapons attack in Idlib. “We have elements that will allow us to show that the regime knowingly used chemical weapons,” Ayrault said, according to…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti Syrian President Bashar al-Assad believes the U.S. fabricated a chemical weapons attack in order to justify a cruise missile strike, he told AFP in a Thursday interview. pic.twitter.com/XbmVyyaK0l — AFP News Agency (@AFP) April 13, 2017 “Definitely, 100 percent for us, it’s fabrication… Our impression is that…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti President Donald Trump legally justified his Thursday strike on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s airbase by invoking his authority under the U.S. Constitution. Trump launched the strike Thursday over Assad’s use of chemical weapons in an attack Tuesday. “It is in this vital national security interest of the United States…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti The Pentagon released a map Thursday that reportedly shows the flight pattern of a Syrian aircraft that dropped chemical weapons on civilians Tuesday. Map Released by Pentagon The map was released hours after President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. military to fire 59 Tomahawk missiles at a northern Syrian airbase, in…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti President Donald Trump did not call Russian President Vladimir Putin before sending 60 Tomahawk missiles to strike a Syrian airfield likely used in a Tuesday chemical weapons attack by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Trump justified the strike, saying it was in the “vital national interest” of the…