Syria

Like so many others in the French capital region, I have the air of a foreigner.

Piling violence on violence is not a strategy toward peace; it is a dangerous reflex that could just prolong the suffering.

“We need to have a national debate on these things; it’s not a decision for the president to make in the dead of night.”

The strikes hit the government-controlled Shayrat air base in central Syria, where U.S. officials say the Syrian military planes that dropped the chemicals had taken off.

Italian media report that a nerve gas was used in yesterday’s attack by the forces of the Assad regime against the rebels in this area.