European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker holds a news conference after meeting Swiss President Doris Leuthard at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, April 6, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Two top EU officials on Friday offered cautious endorsement of U.S. President Donald Trump's missile strikes on a Syrian airbase.
The sharp escalation of Washington's military engagement in the Syrian war came after a chemical attack - which the West says was carried out by Damascus - killed dozens of people in an area held by rebels seeking to oust President Bashar al-Assad.
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