Civilized Nations: US launches missile strike on Syria airbase following "chemical attack"

The United States launched dozens of cruise missiles on Thursday into Syria, in the first direct military action by the US against President Bashar al-Assad's regime since the civil war began.


The strike came in response to a chemical weapons attack that struck a town in northern Syria on Tuesday.

The US fired dozens of Tomahawk missiles at the Shayrat air base in the Syrian city of Homs, from which the aircraft that carried out the chemical strikes took off.

US President Donald Trump confirmed that he ordered the unilateral military action against the Syrian government in response to Tuesday's attack.

"It is in this vital national security interest of the United States to prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly chemical weapons," he said.

The US president also called on "all civilized nations" to work to end the "slaughter and bloodshed" in Syria.
  [EFE/EPA]
7/4/17
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