2018 missile strikes against Syria
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| Description | F/UK/US air attack against Syria under pretext of revenging chemical attack on civilians. The air strikes fizzled out without leading to full war. |
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On 14 April 2018, beginning at 04:00 Syrian time,[1] the United States, France, and the United Kingdom carried out a series of military strikes involving aircraft and ship-based missiles against multiple government sites in Syria.[2][3] They said it was in response to the Douma chemical attack against civilians on 7 April, which they attributed to the Syrian government.[4]
The Syrian government denied involvement in the Douma attack and pointed out that the airstrikes were a violation of international law.[5]
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- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20180414022236/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/14/syria-air-strikes-us-uk-and-france-launch-attack-on-assad-regime%7Carchivedate=14 April 2018
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20180414010722/https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/13/politics/trump-us-syria/index.html
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20180414030955/https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-taken-decision-strike-syria-fox-news-010058571.html
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20180414032815/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria/trump-says-ordered-precision-strikes-against-syria-chemical-weapons-capabilities-idUSKBN1HJ0ZS
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20180414012259/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-launches-missile-strikes-in-syria/2018/04/13/c68e89d0-3f4a-11e8-974f-aacd97698cef_story.html
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