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    Trump Orders Syria Airstrikes After 'Assad Choked Out The Lives' Of Civilians

    U.S. officials said that more than 50 Tomahawk missile strikes were carried out against a single Syrian air base from the USS Porter and USS Ross in the Eastern Mediterranean.
    by Mark Katkov Apr 06, 2017 4 minutes
    The guided-missile destroyer USS Porter transits the Mediterranean Sea on March 9. The more than 50 Tomahawk missile strikes were carried out against Shayrat air base in Homs province from the USS Porter and USS Ross in the Eastern Mediterranean.

    Updated at 2:30 a.m. ET

    President Trump has launched airstrikes in Syria in response to deadly chemical attacks allegedly ordered by the country's president, Bashar al-Assad, against his own people.

    "Tonight I ordered a targeted military strike on the airfield in Syria from where the chemical attack was launched," the president announced Thursday night from his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., where he is meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. "It is in this vital national security interest of the United States to prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly chemical weapons."

    The decision to launch airstrikes Thursday evening was a departure for Trump, who has been slow to embrace on the world stage.

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