Professor Paul Rogers overview after the three allies action:
The 14 April missile strike by the United States, France and the UK on three Syrian chemical weapons facilities aimed to enforce a much-scuffed red line on use of chemical weapons. But it was achieved in breach of international law and accompanied by a coordinated political message that the Western allies had no wider intention to oppose the Assad regime or its Russian and Iranian allies in Syria. As such, Trump is already advocating new actors like Egypt take the place of US troops in northeast Syria. While little has changed for Assad, Russia, or Iran in Syria, Israel and Turkey are increasingly dissatisfied with the West’s lack of apparent post-Islamic State strategy there and will act accordingly,
Interesting comments on the French strike:
. In logistic terms the French component was far more complex and wide-ranging, even though it only involved eleven cruise missiles.
Link:http://www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.u...d_consequences