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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., talks to reporters before the vote to confirm President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, April 7, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mitch McConnell weighing new Russia sanctions over Moscow’s support of Assad regime

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Israel treats thousands of war-wounded Syrians

By SAM McNEIL - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo released on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015 by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows warplanes inside the Kweiras air base, east of Aleppo, Syria. A U.S. missile attack on Friday, April 7, 2017 has caused heavy damage to one of Syria's biggest and most strategic air bases, used to launch warplanes to strike opposition-held areas in central, northern and southern Syria. (SANA via AP, File)

US strike on Syrian air base has limited impact on Assad

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 29, 2017 file photo, Saudi Arabia's King Salman attends the summit of the Arab League at the Dead Sea, Jordan. The official Saudi Press Agency is reporting on Saturday, April 8, 2017 that U.S. President Donald Trump has spoken by telephone with King Salman about the U.S. missile strike on Syria. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh, File)

Warplanes strike Syrian town hit by chemical attack

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

FILE -- This August 26, 2013, file image taken from amateur video posted online, shows a presumed UN staff member measuring and photographing a canister in the suburb of Moadamiyeh in Damascus, Syria. The chemical weapons attack that killed dozens of people in northern Syria this week has provoked international outrage and triggered the first direct U.S. strikes against President Bashar Assad’s regime in Syria’s six-year civil war. (Media Office Of Moadamiyeh via AP File) TV OUT

Q&A: Who has chemical weapons in Syria?

By ZEINA KARAM and BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016, file photo released by the Syrian Presidency, Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks to The Associated Press at the presidential palace in Damascus, Syria. Syria decried a U.S. missile strike early Friday, April 7, 2017, on a government-controlled air base where U.S. officials say the Syrian military launched a deadly chemical attack earlier this week. Syria called the operation &quot;an aggression&quot; that killed at least six people. (Syrian Presidency via AP, File)

Syria, Russia condemn U.S. ‘aggression’ after strike on air base; Israel supports

By Zeina Karam and Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

President Donald Trump, joined by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, left, speaks during a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago, Friday, April 7, 2017, in Palm Beach, Fla. Mr. Trump was meeting again with his Chinese counterpart Friday, with U.S. missile strikes on Syria adding weight to his threat to act unilaterally against the nuclear weapons program of China's ally, North Korea. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

World divides over Trump Syria strikes, awaits next steps

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this April 3, 2017, file photo Russian President Vladimir Putin pauses as he speaks during a news conference at Konstantin palace in St.Petersburg, Russia. After President Donald Trump’s election victory, the United States and Russia appeared headed toward their smoothest ties in decades. Not anymore. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, Pool, File)

After Syria strikes, US and Russia spiral into confrontation

By JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., center, speaks to reporters following a briefing on Syria on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, April 7, 2017. Amid measured support for the U.S. cruise missile attack on a Syrian air base, some vocal Republicans and Democrats are reprimanding the White House for launching the strike without first getting congressional approval. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump’s military action unnerves GOP libertarians, Dems

By KEN THOMAS and RICHARD LARDNER - Associated Press

Former Texas Rep. Ron Paul speaks in Richmond, Va., on Nov. 4, 2013. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Ron Paul, former congressman, says ‘zero chance’ Bashar Assad gassed Syrians

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Thursday, April 6, 2017, after the U.S. fired a barrage of cruise missiles into Syria Thursday night in retaliation for this week's gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Alt-right figures cry foul after Donald Trump strikes Syria, rescind support

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2017 file photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks during an interview with Yahoo News in Damascus, Syria. Syria decried a U.S. missile strike early Friday, April 7, 2017 on a government-controlled air base where U.S. officials say the Syrian military launched a deadly chemical attack earlier this week. Syria called the operation &quot;an aggression&quot; that killed at least six people. (SANA via AP, File)

World response to US strike reflects divide over Syria

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016, file photo released by the Syrian Presidency, Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks to The Associated Press at the presidential palace in Damascus, Syria. Syria decried a U.S. missile strike early Friday, April 7, 2017, on a government-controlled air base where U.S. officials say the Syrian military launched a deadly chemical attack earlier this week. Syria called the operation &quot;an aggression&quot; that killed at least six people. (Syrian Presidency via AP, File)

Trump strikes on Syria premature

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

In this Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016, file photo released by the Syrian Presidency, Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks to The Associated Press at the presidential palace in Damascus, Syria. Syria decried a U.S. missile strike early Friday, April 7, 2017, on a government-controlled air base where U.S. officials say the Syrian military launched a deadly chemical attack earlier this week. Syria called the operation &quot;an aggression&quot; that killed at least six people. (Syrian Presidency via AP, File)

Donald Trump surprises the world with missile attack on Syrian airfield

By Ralph Z. Hallow - The Washington Times

In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, the guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) launches a tomahawk land attack missile in the Mediterranean Sea, Friday, April 7, 2017. The United States blasted a Syrian air base with a barrage of cruise missiles in fiery retaliation for this week's gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ford Williams/U.S. Navy via AP)

The Latest: US calls for transparency in UN Syria summit

Associated Press

In this photo taken on late Tuesday, April 4, 2017 and made available Wednesday, April 5, Turkish medics check a victim of alleged chemical weapons attacks in Syrian city of Idlib, at a local hospital in Reyhanli, Hatay, Turkey. A suspected chemical attack in a town in Syria's rebel-held northern Idlib province killed dozens of people on Tuesday, opposition activists said, describing the attack as among the worst in the country's six-year civil war.(IHA via AP)

Analysis: Toxic attack could wreck Assad’s political gains

By ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

In this picture taken on Tuesday, April 4, 2017, victims of the suspected chemical weapons attack lie on the ground, in Khan Sheikhoun, in the northern province of Idlib, Syria. The death toll from a suspected chemical attack on a northern Syrian town rose to 72 on Wednesday as activists and rescue workers found more terrified survivors hiding in shelters near the site of the harrowing assault, one of the deadliest in Syria's civil war. (Alaa Alyousef via AP)

Timeline of the Syria civil war and U.S. response

Associated Press

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks during a news conference at the Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., Thursday, April 6, 2017, (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Tillerson to visit Moscow as US, Russia face fresh tensions

By JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Thursday, April 6, 2017, after the U.S. fired a barrage of cruise missiles into Syria Thursday night in retaliation for this week's gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Donald Trump: Syria strike in ‘vital national security interest’ of U.S.

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) departs Rota, Spain, on March 29, 2017. The United States fired a barrage of cruise missiles into Syria Thursday night in retaliation for this week’s gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians, the first direct American assault on the Syrian government and Donald Trump’s most dramatic military order since becoming president. The Tomahawk missiles were fired from warships USS Porter and USS Ross in the Mediterranean Sea. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Robert S. Price/U.S. Navy via AP)

US missiles blast Syria base where chem planes took off

By JULIE PACE and VIVIAN SALAMA and LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press