Trump & Syria: What Next? / Eta Disarms

What is President Trump’s plan for Syria? That’s the million dollar question, says Washington correspondent Suzanne Lynch in the latest episode of the World View podcast. Last week’s US missile attack on Shayrat air base in response to a suspected gas attack by Assad forces that killed 86 people in the town Khan Sheikhoun, marked a dramatic expansion in the US rules of engagement in Syria. Questions have been raised about the legality of the retaliation and the Trump administration has struggled to outline its policy on the Syrian conflict since the dramatic U-turn. Suzanne Lynch reports on the latest developments in the story, as US secretary of state Rex Tillerson meets with senior Russian officials in Moscow today. Also on the podcast, after forty years of reporting on the activities of the Basque separatist group Eta, Paddy Woodworth says this time it really does seem like it’s all over, after the nationalist organisation handed over their weapons at the weekend.