Trump blasts Assad's airbase in Syria with 60 Tomahawk cruise missiles

The United States of America has launched a military strike on the Syrian government in retaliation for the chemical weapon attack on civilians earlier this week. Officials said that the US launched dozens of cruise missiles on on an airbase in Syria.

Officials also said that around 50 missiles were launched on the orders of Donald Trump, president of the United States of America. It was reported that at least 50 Tomahawk cruise missiles were launched at a Syrian government airbase where the warplanes that carried out the chemical attacks were based.

US defence officials said that the strike was targeted on runway, aircrafts and fuel points. The missiles were launched from the warships on the Eastern Mediterranean, officials also said. "Strikes over, until another decision is made," the officials also said.

Trump met with his national security team prior to his dinner meeting with the Chinese president Xi Jinping. It was there that the decision was taken. This is the biggest military action of his presidency. The strikes are the first direct military action the US has taken against the Syrian leadership. While airstrikes have been carried out by the US in Syria since 2014, they were targeted only at terrorist groups. However this is the first action against the Syrian government.

Trump had said after the chemical attacks that it crossed the line and he felt a sense of responsibility to respond. "I will tell you it has already happened that my attitude towards Syria and Assad has changed very much," Trump had also said.

Following the strikes, Trump called on civilised nations to join the US to end the slaughter and bloodshed in Syria.

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