Analysis: Putin Unlikely To Leave Strike On Syria Unanswered

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, Associated Press
Thu, 04/12/2018 - 1:19pm

MOSCOW (AP) -- Faced with the threat of a U.S. strike on Syria, Russian President Vladimir Putin has a dilemma: allow U.S. missiles to hit Moscow's ally without a response or risk a military clash with the United States....

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