Russian government condemned United States air strike on the Syrian air base, calling it aggression while world leaders hailed the move. United States launched a missile strike early Friday on a Syrian air base in retaliation for Tuesday’s deadly chemical attack which killed 87 people (including 31 children). Not less than 60 United States Tomahawk missiles hit the Shayrat air base (southeast of Homs, a small installation with runways where Syrian government aircraft often take off to bomb targets in northern and central Syria). This missile attack marked the United States first time of directly targeted Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces and it represents President Donald Trump’s most dramatic military order since he took office from Obama’s administration. Our source informed us that about seven people (including a general and three soldiers) died and nine wounded in the missile strike. Russian government under the administration of President Vladimir Putin said it is suspending its coordination with Washington in Syria’s skies. Syrian opposition and its supporters expressed hope that the missile strike will bring a turning point in the Syrian six-year-old civil war which has killed about 400,000 people.
Source: Viewers Corner News.
