US strikes Syria over chemical attack

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MEDITERRANEAN SEA - APRIL 7: In this handout provided by the U.S. Navy,The guided-missile destroyer USS Porter fires a Tomahawk land attack missile on April 7, 2017 in the Mediterranean Sea. The USS Porter was one of two destroyers that fired a total of 59 cruise missiles at a Syrian military airfield in retaliation for a chemical attack that killed scores of civilians this week. Photo by Ford Williams/U.S. Navy via Getty Images)

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The USS Porter was one of two destroyers that fired a total of 59 cruise missiles at a Syrian military airfield.

In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, the USS Ross (DDG 71) fires a tomahawk land attack missile Friday, April 7, 2017, from the Mediterranean Sea. The United States blasted a Syrian air base with a barrage of cruise missiles in fiery retaliation for this week's gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Robert S. Price/U.S. Navy via AP)

Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Robert S. Price/U.S. Navy via AP

The attack was the first direct US assault on Syria and the government of President Bashar al-Assad in the six-year war there.

President Donald Trump speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Thursday, April 6, 2017, after the U.S. fired a barrage of cruise missiles into Syria Thursday night in retaliation for this week's gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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President Donald Trump spoke at Mar-a-Lago after the US fired a barrage of cruise missiles into Syria.

President Donald Trump walks from the podium after speaking at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Thursday, April 6, 2017, after the U.S. fired a barrage of cruise missiles into Syria Thursday night in retaliation for this week's gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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President Donald Trump walked from the podium after speaking at Mar-a-Lago.

Ivanka Trump and other administration officials look on as President Donald Trump spoke about the night?s cruise missile attack on a Syrian air base, at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., April 6, 2017. To her left are Dina Powell and Steve Bannon. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)

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Ivanka Trump and other administration officials looked on as President Donald Trump spoke about the night?s cruise missile attack on a Syrian air base.

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