(Damascus) President Donald Trump says he has approved US military
strikes against Syrian chemical weapons sites, in collaboration with the UK and
France. The strikes are in response to an alleged chemical attack on the Syrian
town of Douma last week. Speaking in an address to the nation President Trump
said:.
"A combined operation with the armed forces of France and the United Kingdom is now underway,"
President Trump said in an
address to the nation.
data-lang="en">Explosions have been reported near the Syrian capital Damascus.
Tonight, @POTUS Donald J. Trump addressed the nation to announce a combined operation- with the #UnitedKingdom and #France- of precision strikes against sites associated with the chemical weapons capabilities of the #Assad regime in #Syria. pic.twitter.com/m0H3Pk8Dh1— Department of State (@StateDept) April 14, 2018
data-lang="en">Possible targets for the Allied strikes could be:
BREAKING: VIDEO from #Syria User of Airstrikes now in Damascus pic.twitter.com/itDTlyMzNp— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) April 14, 2018
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| Map taken from Adam Milstein tweet |
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Missiles strike Damascus. #Syria pic.twitter.com/bTrWygWMKX— Based Monitored 🇺🇸🇮🇪 (@BasedMonitored) April 14, 2018
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Missile attack on #syria by #US#TRUMP #SyriaStrikes #SyriaCrisis #SYRIA #IRAN #RUSSIA #TRUMP pic.twitter.com/JUX70Cb19y— Mohsin (@Mohsi_n) April 14, 2018
Syrian state TV is reporting they shot down 13 cruise missiles during the attack, whilst there may be an element of truth in them shooting down a missile, we have to remember that when Israel struck Syria after the downing of one of its F16I jets in February of this year, the retaliatory air strikes took out half of the Syrian air defence network.
