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A handout photo made available by the US Navy Office of Information shows the guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) conducting strike operations while in the Mediterranean Sea, 07 April 2017. According to media reports on 07 April 2017, the United States military launched at least 50 tomahawk cruise missiles at al-Shayrat military airfield near Homs, Syria, in response to the Syrian military's alleged use of chemical weapons in an airstrike in a rebel held area in Idlib province on 04 April. EPA/SEAMAN FORD WILLIAMS / HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

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The US has struck the Syrian airbase used to launch a suspected sarin gas attack against Khan Sheikhun that killed more than 80 civilians. US President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson cited the chemical attack as the reason for their country’s first direct involvement in Syria’s six-year war.

A Pentagon spokesman said Russia was informed ahead of the attack on the al-Shayrat airbase. According to the Associated Press, opposition group the Syrian Coalition, has welcomed the intervention. The rebel commander whose district was hit by the suspected chemical weapon attack has said he hopes the strike will be a “turning point” in the war.…  Seguir leyendo »