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2018 bombing of Damascus and Homs facts for kids

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On 14 April 2018, beginning at 04:00 Syrian time (UTC+3), the United States, France, and the United Kingdom carried out a series of military strikes, with manned aircraft and ship-based missiles, against multiple government sites in Syria against the Bashar al-Assad regime.

The three acting powers did so in response to the use of chemical weapons against people in Douma in eastern Ghouta on 7 April, which they think was done so by the Syrian government. Syria denied involvement in the Douma attacks and called the airstrikes a violation of international law.

President Donald Trump of the United States, Prime Minister Theresa May of the United Kingdom and President Emmanuel Macron of France ordered the strikes.

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  • Jim Mattis briefing 2018 Syria attack

    US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford briefing reporters on the attack

  • B-1B, 28th Bomb Wing, prepares to launch a strike mission from Al Udeid AIr Base, April 13 2018

    A B-1B of 28th Bomb Wing preparing to launch a strike mission from Al Udeid Air Base

  • The ruins of the American missile attack on Syria 09 (cropped)

    Buildings destroyed by allied missile strikes, 14 April 2018

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