WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Friday
ordered precision strikes targeting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's chemical
weapons capabilities, as explosions were heard in the Syrian capital of
Damascus.
Trump said a combined operation with France and Britain was under way and that they were prepared to sustain the response until Syria stopped its use of chemical weapons. The operation by the three allies came after a poison gas attack in Syria that killed at least 60 people last week.
"A short time ago, I ordered the United States Armed Forces to launch precision strikes on targets associated with the chemical weapons capabilities of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad," Trump said in a televised address from the White House.
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