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A Roundtable On Trump, Syria And What Lies Ahead

8:02am April 09, 2017

Greg Jaffe of The Washington Post, Sheera Frenkel of BuzzFeed News, and Rana Foroohar of the Financial Times discuss President Trump's recent airstrike on Syria with NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

Mouaz Moustafa has spent years advocating on Capitol Hill for the United States to get more involved in Syria.

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Syrian Activist Looks Up: 'For the First Time Ever, There's a Glimmer of Hope'

12:07am April 09, 2017

Mouaz Moustafa has spent years advocating in Washington for the United States to get more involved in Syria. He sees President Trump's strike as long overdue.

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Former National Security Council Coordinator Reflects On Obama's Syria Policy

7:18pm April 08, 2017

by Michel Martin

Former National Security Council coordinator for the Middle East, Philip Gordon reflects on U.S. foreign policy in Syria during the Obama administration, and the continued conflict in the country.

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Barbershop: U.S. Strike On Syria, SCOTUS Confirmation And Trump's Administration

7:18pm April 08, 2017

by Michel Martin

Congressional reporter William Douglas of the McClatchy Washington bureau, Amy Davidson of the New Yorker and former conservative radio talk show host Charlie Sykes discuss this week's flurry of news.

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International Reactions To U.S. Strike On Syria Are Mixed

7:18pm April 08, 2017

by Michel Martin

U.S. airstrikes against Syria have received both praise and condemnation abroad. Abderrahim Foukara, Al-Jazeera's Washington bureau chief discusses those reactions.

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According to Reuters, U.S. officials say the Islamic State in Afghanistan is based overwhelmingly in Nangarhar and Kunar province.

U.S. Soldier Killed In Afghanistan

4:26pm April 08, 2017

by Maggie Penman

The NATO-led Resolute Support's official Twitter account released a statement Saturday saying that a U.S. solider had been killed in Afghanistan. Few details were given about the circumstances.

Filipino and American soldiers had defended Bataan for three months with dwindling supplies. Many were already sick and starving by the time the sixty-five mile march began.

Ceremony In San Francisco Marks The 75th Anniversary Of The Bataan Death March

1:29pm April 08, 2017

by Maggie Penman

The Bataan Death March in the Philippines is an oft forgotten part of World War II history, but survivors and advocates are working to change that.

Sen. Jeff Flake On Syria And Authorizing Military Force

10:42am April 08, 2017

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Sen. Jeff Flake, a Republican from Arizona, about the Trump administration's airstrikes in Syria and Congress authorizing the use of military force.

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President Donald Trump steps away from his podium on Thursday evening after addressing the U.S. launch of cruise missiles into Syria after a chemical weapons attack this week against civilians.

8 Key Questions For Trump And The World After The Syria Strike

10:31am April 08, 2017

by Domenico Montanaro

The strike leaves more questions than answers — like how it squares with Trump's "America First" policy, does this mean a change in U.S. approach toward Syria and Russia, and what's next?

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A 9-year-old survivor of a chemical attack on a rebel-held region of Syria on Tuesday receives medical treatment at a hospital in Idlib, Syria, on Wednesday.

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A Meditation On 'Evil'

8:06am April 08, 2017

by Scott Simon

As sickening images of the chemical weapons attack in Syria emerged, NPR's Scott Simon was reminded of a conversation with Romeo Dallaire, and the different ways we understand evil in modern times.