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FILE -- In this Tuesday, April 4, 2017 file photo, victims of the suspected chemical weapons attack lie on the ground, in Khan Sheikhoun, in the northern province of Idlib, Syria. Turkey's health minister, Recep Akdag said Tuesday, April 11, 2017, that test results conducted on victims of the chemical attack in Khan Sheikhoun confirm that sarin gas was used. Officials from the World Health Organization and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons participated in the autopsies. (Alaa Alyousef via AP, File)

The Latest: Revised UN resolution on Syria attack circulated

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Illustration on trump's actions against Syria by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Donald Trump Syria actions were correct course

By Clifford D. May

In his photo April 4, 2017m file photo, provided by the Syrian anti-government activist group Edlib Media Center, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows victims of a suspected chemical attack, in the town of Khan Sheikhoun, northern Idlib province, Syria. A senior U.S. official says the U.S. has concluded that Russia knew in advance of Syria’s chemical weapons attack last week. (Edlib Media Center, via AP)

US Official: Russia knew Syrian chemical attack was coming

By ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson delivered an ultimatum to leaders in Moscow Tuesday, in which he said that the Russians must either get onboard against Syrian leader Bashar Assad or else embrace Mr. Assad and militant groups like Iran’s Hezbollah. (Associated Press)

White House offers more proof of Syrian gas attack, cites Russian ‘misinformation’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In his photo April 4, 2017m file photo, provided by the Syrian anti-government activist group Edlib Media Center, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows victims of a suspected chemical attack, in the town of Khan Sheikhoun, northern Idlib province, Syria. A senior U.S. official says the U.S. has concluded that Russia knew in advance of Syria’s chemical weapons attack last week. (Edlib Media Center, via AP)

Russia knew Syrian chemical attack was coming, U.S. official says

By Robert Burns and Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Illustration on the questions over further action in Syria by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

‘American First’ policy stumbles over Syria strikes

By Edward Lozansky and Jim Jatras

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson sits at the table during a meeting of foreign ministers of the G7 in Lucca, Italy, Tuesday, April 11, 2017. Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven industrialized nations are expected to call for a new international push to end the war in Syria as they end a meeting in Italy Tuesday. (Riccardo Dalle Luche/ANSA via AP)

Rex Tillerson: Russia must choose between Assad and the U.S.

By Josh Lederman - Associated Press

A Syrian refugee girl holds her brother as she walks at an informal refugee camp, at Al-Marj town in Bekaa valley, east Lebanon Lebanon, Saturday, April 8, 2017. For the millions of Syrian refugees scattered across camps and illegal settlements across the region, the chemical attack on a town in northern Syria and subsequent U.S. strike was a rare moment when the world briefly turned its attention to Syria, before turning away again. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Donald Trump’s Syria strike brings on the love from the far left

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sunday, March 19, 2017 file photo, Designated Social Democratic Party, SPD, chairman and top candidate for the upcoming general elections Martin Schulz delivers his speech during an extraordinary party convention in Berlin. Martin Schulz, the leader of Germany’s center-left Social Democrats, said Sunday, April 9 that finding a solution to the war in Syria must become the international community’s top priority and called for Europe to take “an active role” in resolving the conflict. Schulz, who is hoping to unseat long-time German leader Angela Merkel in September’s general election, dismissed the idea of armed intervention in Syria, however. “We need a diplomatic solution to the conflict, not bombs or a further escalation,” he said. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, file)

Chemical attack, US response could affect European elections

By FRANK JORDANS and SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

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)

White House says missile strikes in Syria were part of ‘America First’ strategy

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Rex W. Tillerson (left) has acknowledged that he and President Trump have different views on the nuclear accord and how the administration should use it going forward. (Associated Press/File)

Syria attack blurs focus on ISIS

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 20, 2017, file photo, Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster listens as President Donald Trump makes the announcement at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., that McMaster will be the new national security adviser. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Trump security adviser urges Russia to rethink Syria support

By HOPE YEN - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, left, and Italian Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano, talk to each other after laying a wreath at a memorial in Santa' Anna di Stazzema, a site of Nazi atrocities where 560 civilians, including some 130 children, were killed during World War II, Monday, April 10, 2017. Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven industrialized nations are gathering in Lucca for a meeting given urgency by the chemical attack in Syria and the U.S. military response, with participants aiming to pressure Russia to end its support for President Bashar Assad. (Riccardo Dalle Luche/ANSA via AP)

The Latest: Italy assures Japan of broad unity on N. Korea

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FILE --In this Aug. 17, 2016 file frame grab taken from video provided by the Syrian anti-government activist group Aleppo Media Center (AMC), 5-year-old Omran Daqneesh sits in an ambulance after being pulled out of a building hit by an airstrike in Aleppo, Syria. With its missile strike on Shayrat Airbase in central Syria, Washington signaled that it had judged President Bashar Assad responsible for the horrific chemical weapons attack in north Syria that drew international outrage last week. But it is not the first or even deadliest atrocity of the war. (Aleppo Media Center via AP, File)

Chemical weapons attack latest in litany of Syria atrocities

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In his photo April 4, 2017m file photo, provided by the Syrian anti-government activist group Edlib Media Center, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows victims of a suspected chemical attack, in the town of Khan Sheikhoun, northern Idlib province, Syria. A senior U.S. official says the U.S. has concluded that Russia knew in advance of Syria’s chemical weapons attack last week. (Edlib Media Center, via AP)

Official: Russia knew Syrian chemical attack was coming

By ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Russia and Iran affirm commitment to Syrian government

By PHILIP ISSA - Associated Press

North Korea says Syria airstrikes prove its nukes justified

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., center, speaks to reporters following a briefing on Syria on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, April 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

The Latest: McMaster says US goals in Syria simultaneous

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U.S. Tomahawk cruise missiles would be capable of pre-emptively targeting North Korean ballistic launch sites. (Associated Press/File)

Democratic Party’s anti-Trump front splits over U.S. airstrikes on Syria

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary James Mattis (right) was caught off guard by President Trump's Twitter announcement on July 26 that the military would renew its ban on transgender troops. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump listens to generals’ advice on military

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times