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The US launches a missile strike on Syria
The US attacked Syrian forces this week. Why did Donald Trump change his policy?
US President Donald Trump says he was acting in the national security interest when he ordered a missile strike against Syria after a suspected chemical attack in the country. Why did a president who promised to focus on America first decide to intervene in a long-running civil war in the Middle East? Our Washington correspondent, Anthony Zurcher, discusses with presenter Peter Hunt.
Photo: The guided-missile destroyer USS Porter fires a Tomahawk land attack missile on April 7, 2017. (Credit: Ford Williams/U.S. Navy via Getty Images)
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