The so-called Mother of All Bombs was dropped Thursday in Afghanistan. The Pentagon says it hit an underground ISIS complex.
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‘Misdirected’ airstrike by U.S.-led coalition kills 18 allied fighters in Syria
The strike was requested by America’s partners “who had identified the target location as an ISIS fighting position,” U.S. Central Command said Thursday.
U.S. lays out case for Assad’s culpability in chemical weapons attack
The White House released a declassified report on the attack in Khan Shaykhun. It says the U.S. is “confident” Syria’s Bashar Assad was responsible and that Russia is attempting to deflect blame.
North Korea threatens ‘toughest counteraction’ after U.S. moves Navy ships
“We will hold the U.S. wholly accountable for the catastrophic consequences to be entailed by its outrageous actions,” North Korea said. President Trump said the country is “looking for trouble.”
How is the rest of the world reacting to the U.S. strike on Syria?
From Iran to China, from France to Bolivia, see where the world is coming down on the U.S. missile strike on a Syrian air base.
Sullivan: Syria strike offers chance to restore U.S. credibility
Sullivan said the U.S. lost a lot of credibility in the Middle East when former President Barack Obama took no military action against Syria after its 2013 chemical weapons attack.