US faces difficult task in developing a new Syria strategy - The Arab Weekly
With the missile strikes — retaliation for the Assad regime’s suspected role in a chemical weapons attack — US President Donald Trump grabbed the attention of the players in the Syrian crisis. Elie Abouaoun, director of Middle East and Africa Programmes at the US Institute of Peace, a non-partisan think-tank, said the attack on the al-Shayrat airbase told Moscow: “We are back on stage. You are not alone anymore.”