Russian Foreign Minister says the attack in Syria may have been orchestrated.

COMMENT: This sketch of Sean Spicer at a press conference is dedicated to John Clarke.

United States invented tale of gas attack to justify air strike, claims Assad.

Russian president Vladimir Putin is meeting with Rex Tillerson, the US Secretary of State.

EDITORIAL: Trump needs to treat North Korea with the same care he showed with Syria.

A CBS News poll found majority support for the bombing ordered by Trump.

What did firing of 59 tomahawks achieve? With each passing day, it looks less meaningful.

The US President is open to additional strikes if use of chemical weapons continues.

When US Secretary of State visits Moscow this week, the stakes could not be higher.

The Syrian air strikes aren't likely to lead to a global conflict, Bill English says.

Residents devastated by chemical weapons attack said warplanes had returned to bomb them.

COMMENT: We live in a troubled world and that doesn't look like changing anytime soon.

Here are seven key points for understanding this dramatic shift in policy.

The Defence Minister says a request from the United States is unlikely.

Russia says US strikes were illegal and "one step away from military clashes with Russia".

Nine people are said to have been killed in the US airstrike.

Oil jumped as the US missile attack against Syria roiled global financial markets.

Syria's First Lady Asma al-Assad has weighed in on the US air strikes.

The Kremlin has criticised Trump for fighting the legitimate Syrian government.

EDITORIAL: Trump's missile strike could signal the end of his isolationist attitude.

COMMENT: Just what President Trump means by his plea to "join us" is unknown.

Documents shared to government agencies provide staff with reasons for launching strike.

Russian President has called US strike on a Syrian air base an act of "aggression".

Russia condems US strike on Syrian air base as an "aggression against a sovereign state".

COMMENT: The most pressing question from here is what happens next in the short term.

Donald Trump did the thing he explicitly warned former President Barack Obama not to do.

NZ was given a heads up by US, but "we weren't asked for our opinion on it", says English.

Donald Trump has now put a flag in the ground on military intervention, says a Kiwi expert

The US airstrikes in Syria are understandable given the UN's lack of action, NZ Govt says

COMMENT: Trump's next steps will have to be carefully considered.