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Responding to a Syrian chemical weapons attack on Tuesday that left scores dead, the United States initiated a military strike Thursday on an airbase in Syria, multiple U.S. officials have confirmed, launching 59 missiles at an air base in the country.
The Pentagon said that the airstrike, which targeted Shayrat Air Base in Homs Province — where the chemical attack was initiated earlier in the week — struck multiple targets with tomahawk missiles launched between 8:40 and 8:50 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, from destroyers USS Porter and USS Ross in the Mediterranean Sea.
President Donald Trump said the strike was in the “vital national security interest” of the U.S.
In a statement to Syrian state TV, the Syrian army said the attack had left six people dead and several injured, in addition to “big material losses
