In the wake of President Trump’s decision to scrap U.S. participation in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), lawmakers in Iran’s parliament burned an image of the American flag and shouted “Death to America!” on Wednesday. Leaders in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom released a statement Tuesday vowing continued commitment to the deal, […]
Syria
Forum: Iran Footprint Grows Through Iraq and Syria
With Iran’s physical presence expanding through Iraq and Syria, and a lack of military forces in place to stop it, Hudson Institute will examine the realities of Iran’s objectives at a forum April 26. “With no military forces broadly obstructing Iran’s strategic movement in the region, the country’s influence continues to grow unchecked and could […]
Long-Term Syria Strategy Remains Elusive
For the second time in a year, President Trump took military action to punish Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for his use of chemical weapons against his own people. However, the U.S.’s long-term strategy for moving forward in Syria remains unclear. The Trump administration is recalibrating Syrian policy as it relates to Assad’s use of chemical […]
Syria Unchanged Since Chemical Attack
Last weekend, the U.S., France and the U.K. carried out a series of military strikes in Syria designed to destroy or at least diminish Syria’s ability to use chemical weapons. This military action was taken in response to the chemical attack on the civilian residents of Douma that occurred a week ago. Syria’s ruling regime […]
Trump Outlines Syria Attack in Letter to Congress
President Donald Trump sent a letter to the speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro tempore of the Senate April 15 outlining his actions taken April 13 to strike suspected chemical weapons locations in Syria. “The targets of the combined operation were a scientific research center installation, a storage facility, and a […]