US-led air strikes will embolden Damascus and Moscow

The air strikes on chemical facilities are symbolic politics, with all key actors playing to domestic audiences

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  • US policy may not change
  • European calculations
  • Russia's war talk dissipates
  • Damascus emboldened, not cowed
  • Regional dimension

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