US cruise missile strike on Syrian airfield

A battle damage assessment image of Shayrat air base following the Tomahawk Land Attack Missile US DoD (TLAM) strikes of April 7. COMBAT REPORT IN THE first direct US military action against the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, cruise missiles launched from two warships in the Mediterranean struck the Syrian airfield of Shayrat on April 7. The strike was authorised by President Donald Trump in response to the Assad regime’s use of nerve agents in the Idlib area earlier