Trump orders military strikes on Assad airbase - video

President Donald Trump speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida on April 6, 2017, after the US fired a barrage of cruise missiles into Syria on April 7, 2017 in retaliation for the gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians which Washington blames on the Assad regime. Alex Brandon/AP Photo

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Reuters

Apr 7, 2017

US president Donald Trump orders a missile strike against Shayrat airbase in Syria, from which he says a deadly chemical weapon attack was launched. Mr Trump says he acted in America’s “vital national security interest” against president Bashar Al Assad.

Updated: April 07, 2017, 12:00 AM