Syria Situation Report: March 30 - April 14, 2017
Apr 14, 2017 - Chris Kozak![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/April%2014EDITS%20COT-01.png?itok=OXtcu_fq)
U.S. President Donald Trump demonstrated a new willingness to use force against the regime after conducting cruise missile strike targeting the Shayrat Airbase in Central Syria on April 6. The strikes came in response to the regime’s use of sarin gas against the opposition-held town of Khan Sheikhoun in Northern Syria on April 4.