ISDEI Instituto de Seguridad, Defensa y Estudios Internacionales

As tensions over  the April 14 US-led strike on Syria  are developing, it would be interesting to compare results of the 2017 and 2018 US military actions against Syria: The 2017 US missile strikes on Shayrat military airfield operated by the Syrian Arab Air Force; The 2018 US-led missile strikes on various targets belonging to the Syrian government. So, what results has the world’s superpower achieved with its military actions? 2017 Strikes On April 7, 2017 the US Navy carried out a missile strike on Shayrat military airfield of the Syrian Arab Air Force. The move was publicly justified by accusations that the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had been behind the alleged chemical attack in the town of Khan Shaykhun, Idlib province, on April 4, 2017. Washington alleged that Shayrat military airfield had been the base for the aircraft that allegedly carried out a chemical weapons attack on Khan Shaykhun. The USS Porter guided missile destroyer launched 

A screenshot from the video Pearson Sharp, a reporter of One America News Network has visited the Syrian town of Douma and found that all the locals say that the so-called April 7 Douma chemical attack had been staged by militants. Such things happen when sombody has real sources on the ground or visits the site of the events.