Syria air strikes: U.S., U.K. and France launch attack on Syrian chemical sites
President Donald Trump has warned Syria's government the US is "locked and loaded" to strike again if it carries out chemical attacks.
US President Donald Trump addresses the nation on the situation in Syria April 13, 2018 at the White House in Washington, DC. Trump said strikes on Syria are under way. / AFP PHOTO / Mandel NGANMANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty ImagesMANDEL NGAN/Getty Images
In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, the guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61) fires a Tomahawk land attack missile Saturday, April 14, 2018, as part of the military response to Syria's use of chemical weapons on April 7. The United States, France and Britain launched military strikes in Syria to punish President Bashar Assad for an apparent chemical attack against civilians and to deter him from doing it again. (Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Trey Fowler/U.S. Navy via AP)Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Trey Fowler/The Associated Press
Damascus skies erupt with surface to air missile fire as the U.S. launches an attack on Syria targeting different parts of the Syrian capital Damascus, Syria, early Saturday, April 14, 2018. Syria's capital has been rocked by loud explosions that lit up the sky with heavy smoke as U.S. President Donald Trump announced airstrikes in retaliation for the country's alleged use of chemical weapons. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Hassan Ammar/The Associated Press
In a handout picture released by the British Ministry of Defence (MOD) on April 14, 2018 two of the four Royal Air Force (RAF) Tornado GR4 aircrafts, flown by 31 Squadron the Goldstars, and equiped with Storm Shadow missiles, take off from the British base RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus on April 14, 2018 as part of a mission to conduct strikes in support of Operations in Syria. The United States, Britain and France carried out a wave of pre-dawn strikes against Syria's regime on April 14, 2018 in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack, lighting up the sky of Damascus as explosions shook the city. Four British RAF Tornandos took part in the operation. / AFP PHOTO / MOD / Cpl L Matthews / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT " AFP PHOTO / CROWN COPYRIGHT 2018 / MOD / CPL L MATTHEWS " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - NO ARCHIVE - TO BE USED WITHIN 2 DAYS FROM APRIL 14, 2018 (48 HOURS), EXCEPT FOR MAGAZINES WHICH CAN PRINT THE PICTURE WHEN FIRST REPORTING ON THE EVENT / CPL L MATTHEWS/AFP/Getty ImagesCPL L MATTHEWS/Getty Images
A photo released on April 14, 2018 the twitter page of the Syrian governments central military media on April 14, 2018 shows an explosion on the outskirts of Damascus after Western strikes reportedly hit Syrian military bases and chemical research centres in and around the capital. / AFP PHOTO / SYRIAN GOVERNMENT'S CENTRAL MILITARY MEDIA / Handout / STR / == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HO / SYRIAN GOVERNMENT'S CENTRAL MILITARY MEDIA " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ==HANDOUT / STR/AFP/Getty ImagesHANDOUT / STR/Getty Images
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and new National Security Advisor John Bolton watch U.S. President Donald Trump announce military strikes on Syria during a statement at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 13, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri GripasYURI GRIPAS/Reuters
ARLINGTON, VA - APRIL 13: U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford brief members of the media on Syria at the Pentagon April 13, 2018 in Arlington, Virginia. President Donald Trump has ordered a joint force strike on Syria with Britain and France over the recent suspected chemical attack by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)Alex Wong/Getty Images
A bulldozer shifts rubble as Syrians restore the area of al-Saffahiyah in the old city of Aleppo on April 22, 2018. Following a suffocating siege and all-out offensive with barrel bombs, rockets and air strikes, Syria's army in December 2016 retook full control of Aleppo, leaving piles of rubble in the streets of Syria's second city. / AFP PHOTO / George OURFALIANGEORGE OURFALIAN/AFP/Getty ImagesGEORGE OURFALIAN/Getty Images
A bulldozer shifts rubble as Syrians restore the 14th century Al-Sahibiyah mosque and the surrounding shops in the old city of Aleppo on April 22, 2018. Following a suffocating siege and all-out offensive with barrel bombs, rockets and air strikes, Syria's army in December 2016 retook full control of Aleppo, leaving piles of rubble in the streets of Syria's second city. / AFP PHOTO / George OURFALIANGEORGE OURFALIAN/AFP/Getty ImagesGEORGE OURFALIAN/Getty Images
This image released by the US Department of Defense show the damage assessment at the Barzah research and development center before (L) and after (R) following US, French and British forces launched strikes agains Syria on April 14, 2018. US President Donald Trump and his British and French allies on Saturday hailed their joint strikes in Syria in response to its alleged use of chemical weapons, warning Damascus that any repetition would be met with renewed firepower. / AFP PHOTO / US Department of Defense / Jose ROMERO / XGTY / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / US Department of Defense" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS = ALTERNATIVE CROP JOSE ROMERO/AFP/Getty ImagesJOSE ROMERO/Getty Images
This image released by the US Department of Defense show the damage assessment at the Him Shinsar chemical weapons bunker before (L) and after (R) following US, French and British forces launched strikes agains Syria on April 14, 2018. US President Donald Trump and his British and French allies on Saturday hailed their joint strikes in Syria in response to its alleged use of chemical weapons, warning Damascus that any repetition would be met with renewed firepower. / AFP PHOTO / US Department of Defense / Jose ROMERO / XGTY / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / US Department of Defense" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS = ALTERNATIVE CROP JOSE ROMERO/AFP/Getty ImagesJOSE ROMERO/Getty Images
This image released by the US Department of Defense show the damage assessment at the Him Shinsar chemical weapons storage site before (L) and after (R) following US, French and British forces launched strikes agains Syria on April 14, 2018. US President Donald Trump and his British and French allies on Saturday hailed their joint strikes in Syria in response to its alleged use of chemical weapons, warning Damascus that any repetition would be met with renewed firepower. / AFP PHOTO / US Department of Defense / Jose ROMERO / XGTY / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / US Department of Defense" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS = ALTERNATIVE CROP JOSE ROMERO/AFP/Getty ImagesJOSE ROMERO/Getty Images
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows the damage of the Syrian Scientific Research Center which was attacked by U.S., British and French military strikes to punish President Bashar Assad for suspected chemical attack against civilians, in Barzeh, near Damascus, Syria, Saturday, April 14, 2018. A Syrian military statement said in all, 110 missiles were fired by the U.S., Britain and France and that most of them were shot down or derailed. Russia's military said Syrian air defense units downed 71 out of 103 cruise missiles launched by the U.S. and its allies. (SANA via AP)Uncredited/The Associated Press
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows the damage of the Syrian Scientific Research Center which was attacked by U.S., British and French military strikes to punish President Bashar Assad for suspected chemical attack against civilians, in Barzeh, near Damascus, Syria, Saturday, April 14, 2018. A Syrian military statement said in all, 110 missiles were fired by the U.S., Britain and France and that most of them were shot down or derailed. Russia's military said Syrian air defense units downed 71 out of 103 cruise missiles launched by the U.S. and its allies. (SANA via AP)Uncredited/The Associated Press
Labels of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) are seen iside a damaged house in Douma in Damascus, Syria April 23, 2018. REUTERS/ Ali HashishoALI HASHISHO/Reuters