BASHAR AL-ASSAD

Officials are still divided over what the course of action should have been, but most agree the U.S. strategy was a failure.

“Rather than being a place of healing and refuge, hospitals are now some of the most dangerous places for civilians to be.“

International inspectors still cannot get access to Douma, where a suspected chemical attack left 75 dead.

VICE traveled to the Syria-Lebanon border to meet teen refugees whose youth has been destroyed by war.

"You shouldn’t be partners with a Gas Killing Animal who kills his people and enjoys it!”

“Trump can weaken Assad’s air force. But what comes next? A return to all-out civil war?”

Images of dead children foaming at the mouth could spur a Western response.

"This is a human tragedy that is unfolding in front of our eyes"

The situation "is akin to the day of judgment.”

“They think they can get away with it if they keep it under a certain level.”

We traveled Syria to see what life is like under Assad’s control.

The report, a joint investigation by the U.N. and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, confirmed allegations by Syria’s opposition and Western powers that Syrian government forces were behind the massacre on April 4.