The Syrian War Is Actually Many Wars

President Donald Trump is ordering U.S. strikes against government targets in Syria after a suspected chemical attack.

• Krishnadev Calamur
• The Atlantic

The Middle East is a “troubled place,” President Donald Trump said Friday night as he described his decision to use America’s “righteous power” in a retaliatory attack against government targets in Syria following a suspected chemical attack…

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad seems to have won the civil war in his country—but that doesn’t mean peace is coming.

In fact, the conflict seems to be escalating—fueled by the many outside powers who have joined the Syrian battlefield with interests of their…

• The Syrian War…