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RFE/RL: Trump orders missile strikes on Syria after chemical-weapons attack (VIDEO)

U.S. President Donald Trump announced cruise-missile strikes on a Syrian air base that he said was responsible for a deadly chemical-weapons attack that killed dozens of civilians on April 4. Speaking to the media in Palm Beach, Florida, on April 6, Trump directly blamed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for what he called “a very barbaric act.”