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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)

Trump advisers: US seeks to fight IS and oust Syria’s Assad

By HOPE YEN - Associated Press

Tillerson’s Russia trip highlights emergence from shadows

By MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

As a National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster said the Trump administration has two goals in Syria: defeating the Islamic State group and removing President Bashar Assad from power. (Associated Press/File)

H.R. McMaster: Bashar Assad’s removal now part of Donald Trump’s Syria policy

By Dan Boylan - 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)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump and lawmakers on Syria, jobs, court

By CALVIN WOODWARD and JIM DRINKARD - 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

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

Israel treats thousands of war-wounded Syrians

By SAM McNEIL - Associated Press

Iranian worshippers chant slogan "death to America" during their Friday prayer ceremony at the Tehran University campus in Tehran, Friday, April 7, 2017. A senior cleric called missile attacks by the U.S on a Syrian air base "crimes" and accused America of providing chemical weapons to rebels. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran sees ‘cover-up,’ ‘bogus allegations’ in U.S. missile strike against ally Syria

By David R. Sands - 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

Trump airstrike gets rare bipartisan praise in Wisconsin

By SCOTT BAUER - Associated Press

Police officers guard a subway entrance in Grand Central Terminal, Friday, April 7, 2017 in New York. The city police are on alert following the United States' missile strike early Friday against a Syrian airfield. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Democrats push to link Syria strike, refugee ban

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

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 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

Heitkamp generally supportive of strikes on Syrian airfield

Associated Press

This satellite image released by the U.S. Department of Defense shows a damage assessment image of Shayrat air base in Syria, following U.S. Tomahawk Land Attack Missile strikes on Friday, April 7, 2017 from the USS Ross (DDG 71) and USS Porter (DDG 78), Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers. The United States blasted the air base with a barrage of cruise missiles on Friday, April 7, 2017 in fiery retaliation for this week's gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians. (DigitalGlobe/U.S. Department of Defense via AP)

US, Russia spar over maintaining military hotline in Syria

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev in Moscow's Kremlin, Russia, Wednesday, April 5, 2017. Mirziyoyev is in Russia on an official visit. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, pool) ** FILE **

Putin slams airstrikes, calls it an ‘aggression against a sovereign government’

By Seth McLaughlin - 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)

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

By Zeina Karam and Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

In this file photo taken on Thursday, April 6, 2017, President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks with The Associated Press in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin).

Russia ups ante by freezing communications with US in Syria

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV - Associated Press