US, Britain and France strike Syria over suspected chemical weapons attack; Russia calls it 'danger to world peace'
Loud explosions rocked Syria’s capital and filled the sky with heavy smoke early on Saturday after US president Donald Trump announced airstrikes in retaliation for the country’s alleged use of chemical weapons
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Loud explosions rocked Syria’s capital and filled the sky with heavy smoke early on Saturday after US president Donald Trump announced airstrikes in retaliation for the country’s alleged use of chemical weapons. AP
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Smoke rising from east Damascus due to air strike. Syrian media reported that air defenses hit 13 rockets south of Damascus. After the attack ceased and the early morning skies went dark once more, vehicles with loudspeakers roamed the streets of Damascus blaring nationalist songs. AP
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The attack began on early Saturday morning with missiles hitting the eastern suburbs of Damascus, shaking the grounds from a distance. Some 100 Tomahawk missiles were launched from sea and by air at Syrian facilities. AP
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Russian officials condemned the US-led airstrikes, calling the attacks “treacherous and insane” and a “clear and present danger to world peace.” The decision to strike, after days of deliberations, marked Trump’s second order to attack Syria; he authorized a barrage of Tomahawk cruise missiles to hit a single Syrian airfield in April 2017. Reuters
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