President Donald Trump seems poised to launch military action in Syria, a little more than a week after declaring he wanted to pull out of the country.
The strikes would be in response to a suspected chemical-weapons attack by the regime of Bashar Assad. Trump previously ordered a missile strike on Syria in April 2017, following allegations of a chemical-weapons attack.
"Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at Syria. Get ready Russia, because they will be coming, nice and new and 'smart!'" Trump tweeted Wednesday morning. "You shouldn't be partners with a Gas Killing Animal who kills his people and enjoys it!"
Below, you can see how one of the biggest crises of Trump's presidency emerged in the course of a week:
Trump reportedly told military officials to prepare to withdraw from Syria on Tuesday, April 3, the same day that senior military leaders warned that the fight against ISIS was not over.
Source: Business Insider, Reuters
"I want to get out. I want to bring our troops back home. I want to start rebuilding our nation," Trump said on April 3.
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That dispute between Trump and his military advisers was followed on April 7, by what is believed to have been a chemical weapons attack on civilians in Douma, a rebel-held town in eastern Ghouta, near Damascus.
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