--- description: See who is in the photo released by the White House of Trump and other officials getting briefed on the strike title: Your Guide to Who's Who in the Photo of President Trump's War Room image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [White House](/tag/white-house/) ## White House Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Your Guide to Who's Who in the Photo of President Trump's War Room by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) and [Chris Wilson](/author/chris-wilson/) Apr 7, 2017 7:40 PM CUT by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) and [Chris Wilson](/author/chris-wilson/) Apr 7, 2017 7:40 PM CUT On Friday, the White House [released a photo](http://time.com/4731088/syria-airstrikes-donald-trump-photo/?xid=homepage "undefined") of President Trump and senior Administration officials being briefed on the [airstrike he ordered](http://time.com/4730785/assad-president-trump-syria-air-strike/?xid=homepage "undefined") against the Syrian regime. The strike came in response to reports the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had carried out a deadly chemical weapons attack on civilians. [President Trump said](http://time.com/4730494/trump-syria-chemical-weapons-idlib-intervention/?xid=homepage "undefined") it was in the “vital national security interest of the United States to prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly chemical weapons.” The following interactive photo lets you zoom in on any of the circled faces to see who’s who. Select a name or click a circle to zoom in. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4731526/syria-airstrike-photo-war-room/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4731526/syria-airstrike-photo-war-room/"},"headline":"Your Guide to Who's Who in the Photo of President Trump's War Room","datePublished":"2017-04-07T19:40:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-30T12:22:43.581Z","description":"See who is in the photo released by the White House of Trump and other officials getting briefed on the strike","url":"https://time.com/4731526/syria-airstrike-photo-war-room/","keywords":["White House","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"},{"@type":"Person","name":"Chris Wilson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/chris-wilson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4731526/syria-airstrike-photo-war-room/","name":"Your Guide to Who's Who in the Photo of President Trump's War Room"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"What to Know About the U.S. Missile Attack on Syria","description":"The U.S. fired dozens of cruise missiles at a Syrian airbase Thursday, the first direct assault by American forces against the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/Ag8KRTse/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-04-07T13:56:29.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Ag8KRTse.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4731526/syria-airstrike-photo-war-room/","duration":"PT1M18S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4731526/syria-airstrike-photo-war-room/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```