US launches missile strikes following chemical attack

Risingbd Desk: The US has carried out a missile attack against targets in Syria in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held town.

A Pentagon official said about 50 Tomahawk cruise missiles were fired from Navy destroyers in the eastern Mediterranean at a Syrian air base.

President Donald Trump said he ordered the strike against the base from where Tuesday's attack was launched.

He called on "all civilised nations" to help end the conflict in Syria.

Dozens of civilians died in the suspected nerve gas attack.

The missiles hit the Shayrat airfield, from where Washington believes Tuesday's deadly attack was launched, one US official was quoted as saying.

Source: Agencies




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