President Trump announces airstrikes on Syria
President Trump announced strikes on Syria by U.S., U.K and French forces in response to alleged chemical attacks in Syria.
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Report from Syria
CBS News foreign correspondent Seth Doane is the only network correspondent inside Damascus, Syria. He reports that as President Trump was speaking, he heard "rumbling" that appeared to be airstrikes.
Trump orders military action in Syria
President Trump announced Friday night that airstrikes are "now underway" in Syria in response to a suspected chemical attack that left more than 40 civilians dead. CBS News national security correspondent David Martin has the latest.
Syria attack
The U.S. joined allies in Europe Friday in blaming Syria for an apparent chemical attack in the town of Douma that U.S. intelligence estimates killed at least 42. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said the U.S. also holds Russia responsible for failing to prevent chemical attacks. CBS News national security correspondent David Martin says a joint military strike from the U.S., Britain and France is likely.
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A strike would come less than a week after a suspected chemical weapons attack that the White House blames on Syria and Russia
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State Department on Syria
The U.S. State Department says they have proof Syria was behind a deadly chemical attack. CBS News State Department reporter Kylie Atwood joins CBSN to discuss the latest.
State Department: We have proof Syria was behind gas attack
The alleged chemical attack left more than 40 civilians dead in Syria last week
State Dept. says Syria was behind gas attack
The U.S. State Department said Friday that the U.S. has proof that Syria was behind the alleged chemical weapons attack that left more than 40 civilians dead last week. Spokesperson Heather Nauert said officials are still trying to determine what kind of chemical was used in the attack.
U.S. response after alleged Syria attack
The UN held an emergency meeting over the alleged chemical attack in Syria that killed over 40 people. Nicholas Heras, a Middle East security fellow at the Center for a New American Security, joined CBSN to discuss the latest.
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Russia accuses U.K. of staging fake chemical attack in Syria
More than 40 people died in the alleged chemical in Douma last week
Trump and U.S. allies weigh Syria options
President Trump met with top military officials and advisers last night and he continues working with U.S. allies on a response to the suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria. CBS News' David Martin has the latest from the Pentagon, and former CIA associate deputy director of operations Robert Richer also joins CBSN to break down the situation.
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Higher stakes than ever as Trump, allies mull Syria strike
Tapping the brakes on response to suspected chemical attack by Assad, White House seeks proof and partners, and Russia says U.K. "staged" it
Search for evidence of a chemical attack
In testimony before Congress, Defense Secretary James Mattis said the investigation into a possible chemical attack in Syria is ongoing. His testimony comes before an international team of experts is set to arrive in the country. CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports.
Syria response
The Trump administration is still planning its response days after a suspected chemical attack in Syria killed dozens of civilians near the capital of Damascus. Earlier in the week, President Trump posted on Twitter that missiles would be headed to Syria, but other administration officials have since said that no decision has been made. Meanwhile, Syria and Russia have repeatedly denied a chemical attack took place. CBS News national security correspondent David Martin joins CBSN with the latest developments.
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Meanwhile, chemical weapons inspectors are on their way to Syria
In Damascus, war-weary Syrians unfazed by threat of U.S. strike
In a residential neighborhood of Damascus, people simply don't believe their government was behind the alleged chemical attack
U.S. "looking for the actual evidence" of Syria chemical attack, Mattis says
The president of France said there's proof chemical weapons were used by the Assad regime, but in testimony before Congress, Defense Secretary James Mattis seemed more cautious
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