The US refusal to intervene in Syria in 2013: A French trauma
- Posted on June 18, 2025
- By Le Monde
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The US refusal to intervene in Syria in 2013: A French trauma
'The Transatlantic Divorce' (3/5). On August 31, 2013, as French warplanes were en route to Syria to launch a joint operation with the US against the regime of Bashar al-Assad, which had used chemical weapons against its own people, Barack Obama decided to delay, leaving France alone and powerless.
