US strikes Syrian military airfield in first direct assault on Assad's government
The Washington Post · Dan Lamothe. Missy Ryan, Thomas Gibbons-Neff
The U.S. military launched 59 cruise missiles at a Syrian military airfield late on Thursday, in the first direct American assault on the government of President Bashar Assad since that country's civil war began six years ago.
The operation, which the Trump administration authorized in retaliation for a chemical attack killing scores of civilians this…
