What do the US, UK and French airstrikes mean for Syria's war?

Thang Duong

This article focus in analyzing after Friday US, UK and French airstrikes, launched in response to a suspected chemical attack on the town of Douma. However any serious intervention now by the US and its allies now now would only serve to intensify the war and it seems the West does not want to own the war and it may prefer to stand out of it for now.

For the US, the strike has show its military power and sends an important message to Moscow, who have for years discounted the US as a paper tiger. And overall, the West send a message that chemical weapons are not the new form, and in a war that's a red line worth drawing

https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/15/middleeast/syria-us-uk-french-airstrikes-npw-analysis-intl/index.html