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On the morning of 7 April 2017, [6] [7] the United States launched 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles from the Mediterranean Sea into Syria, aimed at Shayrat Airbase controlled by the Syrian government. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The strike was executed on the authorization of U.S. President Donald Trump , as a direct response to the Khan Shaykhun chemical ...
Anatoly Antonov, the Russian ambassador to the United States, strongly condemned the coalition attacks on Syria and warned the Western countries of "consequences". [124] Sergei Rudskoi, a Russian Colonel-General, in a TV briefing, said Russia may consider sending S-300 surface-to-air missile systems to Syria and other countries. [123]
American officials reported that the strikes hit 85 targets across seven facilities, three in Iraq and four in Syria, using 125 precision-guided missiles. [13] Of the 85 sites targeted, more than 80 were destroyed or rendered inoperable. [15] The 15,000-mile round trip required 44 hours flying time from Texas. [16]
The Navy repelled multiple Houthi attacks involving at least three anti-ship cruise missiles, five ... Iranian groups in Syria over the past few days. On Sunday, US personnel at Mission Support ...
US Central Command, which oversees Middle East operations, said it struck ISIS leaders, operatives, and camps to prevent the terrorist group from rebuilding in central Syria amid the chaos ...
During an interview on Thursday, Hillary Clinton suggested that the U.S. bomb airfields in Syria. Hours later, President Trump ordered such a strike.
The following is a list of United States′s attacks on forces belonging to, or allied with the Syrian government during the Syrian Civil War.Other than the April 2017 Shayrat missile strike and the April 2018 missile strikes, all other attacks were officially announced by the Pentagon as having been carried out in defense of either the Syrian Democratic Forces or the Revolutionary Commando ...
Still poison gas continued to hit rebel areas, with a 2017 sarin attack prompting Trump to order a cruise missile response. Assad has denied accusations the state was to blame.