The phrase "assessment of the attack" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are evaluating or analyzing an attack, whether in a military, cybersecurity, or metaphorical sense.
Example: "The assessment of the attack revealed several vulnerabilities in our defense system that need to be addressed immediately."
Alternatives: "evaluation of the attack" or "analysis of the attack".
But all parties in the Syrian conflict still regard the report as important because it will provide the first independent assessment of the attack itself.
ISAF said in a statement released Sunday that a "full assessment" of the attack early last week in Tala Wa Barfak District had determined that a helicopter fired into the wrong building, which "may have resulted in civilian casualties".
Much of the criticism is directed at the American ambassador to the United Nations, Susan E. Rice, who offered the most detailed preliminary assessment of the attack, describing it a few days later as a "spontaneous reaction" to protests in Cairo that erupted after the circulation of an anti-Islam video on YouTube.
On Friday, "Fox & Friends" co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck asked the retired lieutenant colonel what his "assessment" of the attack was.
"White House officials maintained that the emails don't contradict what the White House believed at that point, based on the intelligence community's assessment of the attack.
However, the latter is not considered in the assessment of the attacks' impact nor they are ranked according to their effectiveness in stopping or mitigating the attacks.
In particular, Mr. McCain has focused his ire on Ms. Rice for offering what the senator calls misleading assessments of the attack in the days after it took place.
The conflicting statements over security came after the administration's fluctuating assessments of the attack on the diplomatic post in Benghazi that killed Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans.
The MoD said in a statement: "The assessment phase of the Attack Helicopter Capability Sustainment Programme, which will supply 50 latest-generation Apache helicopters to the UK, is ongoing.
The final 18-item HAE PRO provides an assessment of the HAE attack experience including symptoms, impacts, treatment requirements, healthcare resource use and loss of productivity caused by HAE attacks.
Disagreement ranged across the Sunday talk shows on the question of whether the administration had intervened to excise references to al-Qaida involvement in the CIA's assessment of the Benghazi attack when it offered its first lengthy public explanation of the incident.
