Front Bench: Theresa's May's choice on Syria could define her premiership

Theresa May aboard an RAF plane
Theresa May has so far not made a decision on Syria Credit: Julian Simmonds

The state of play in Syria remains uncertain this morning, but a decision on military action is expected from President Donald Trump in the next 24-48 hours, and Theresa May is under domestic and foreign pressure to join any action.

It’s almost exactly a year since American cruise missiles rained down on Shayrat airbase in Syria in response to a chemical weapons attack by Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

On Saturday, Assad’s forces once again resorted to chemical weapons. The death toll is still uncertain, but the French representative at the UN Security Council said poison gas had deliberately been used as it could seep down to the basements of Douma, where hundreds of families had sought refuge from...

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