Donald Trump authorized a cruise missile attack on a Syrian airfield in the hope of reassuring his GOP detractors that he doesn’t depend at all upon Russia’s strategic agenda. And, if nothing else, his bully act drew an angry response from Russia, which – quite rightly – described the strike as an “aggression against a sovereign state in violation of international law”.
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Muskoxen stampeding over frozen tundra. Photo: Eric Pierre/Unforgettable Behaviour/NHM.
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Idlib, Syria: Men bury the bodies of victims of a suspected toxic gas attack in Khān Shaykhūn. International outrage is mounting over a suspected chemical attack has killed 70 people so far. Photo: Fadi Al-Halabi/AFP/Getty Images.
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Aleppo, Syria: Mohammad Mohiedine Anis, 70, smokes his pipe and listens to music in his destroyed bedroom in the formerly rebel-held al-Shaar neighbourhood. Photo: Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty Images.
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Mosul, Iraq: A girl is photographed in a damaged building at the Hassam Sham refugee camp which is full of refugees who have had to escape the battles between the Iraqi army and Islamic State. Photo: Magnus Wennman/IBL/Rex/Shutterstock.
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