07 April,2017 08:31 AM IST | | IANS
The US has launched a military strike on a Syrian government target in retaliation for their chemical weapons attack on civilians earlier in the week, President Donald Trump told the media
US Navy, the USS Ross fires a tomahawk land attack missile April 7, 2017, at a Syrian air force airfield. Photo/AFP
Washington: The US has launched a military strike on a Syrian government target in retaliation for their chemical weapons attack on civilians earlier in the week, President Donald Trump told the media.
"Tonight (Thursday), I ordered a targeted military strike on the air field in Syria from where the chemical attack was launched," Trump told reporters at Mar-a-Lago.
US President Donald Trump delivers a statement on Syria from the Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Florida. Photo/AFP
On Trump's orders, US warships launched between 50-60 Tomahawk cruise missiles at a Syrian government airbase where the warplanes that carried out the chemical attacks were based, US officials said, CNN reported.
Trump further said: "It is in this vital national security of the US to prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly chemical weapons."
