On 14 April 2018, beginning at 04:00 Syrian time, the United States, France, and the United Kingdom carried out a series of military strikes involving aircraft and ship-based missiles against multiple
US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford briefing reporters on the attack
A B-1B of 28th Bomb Wing preparing to launch a strike mission from Al Udeid Air Base
Buildings destroyed by allied missile strikes, 14 April 2018
Demonstration in Damascus after the strikes
2017 Shayrat missile strike
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On the morning of 7 April 2017, the United States launched 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles from the Mediterranean Sea into Syria, aimed at Shayrat Airbase controlled by the Syrian government. The strike w
April 2018 missile strikes against Syria
…order to mislead defending forces, firing no missiles. US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis said twice as many weapons were used in the strike as in the 2017 Shayrat missile strike; an anonymous US Defense Department official quoted by The Washington Post said about 100 Tomahawk missiles were fired by the US. The US Air Force also…
USS Ross fires a Tomahawk missile towards Shayrat Airbase
Trump receives a briefing on a military strike on Syria from his National Security team.
Protesters gather on Lake Street in south Minneapolis to protest the bombings.
Official Presidential Portrait of President Donald J. Trump