The US, France and UK operated together to drop 105 missiles on Syrian chemical weapons targets Friday night. The strikes were specifically designed to degrade the Assad regime’s chemical weapons capabilities. SecDef James Mattis told reporters that it was a twice the size of the strike last year but did not widen the targets to cause regime change.
General Dunford told reporters that three specific targets were hit in a precision strike in order to mitigate the amount of collateral damage.
• A Scientific research center near Damascus
• A Chem weapons storage facility near Homs
• A Storage facility, command post in same area
He stated they used the normal “deconfliction channels” to clear the airspace in the target region.
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Mattis stated that there was no evidence of Russian retaliation so far, only Syrian air defense batteries. But they are waiting with a large number of “assets” in the area to keep an eye on any movement of Russian forces or aircraft.
Russia called it an aggression, and Syria claimed to have shot down numerous tomahawk missiles. The Russian State news agency, Tass, claimed that there were no casualties from the airstrikes.
Earlier, President @realDonaldTrump announced that he has approved military strikes in Syria against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. https://t.co/HDi8MgZXvI pic.twitter.com/oWqPN9MMWX
— Fox News (@FoxNews) April 14, 2018
Tonight, @POTUS Donald J. Trump addressed the nation to announce a combined operation- with the #UnitedKingdom and #France– of precision strikes against sites associated with the chemical weapons capabilities of the #Assad regime in #Syria. pic.twitter.com/m0H3Pk8Dh1
— Department of State (@StateDept) April 14, 2018
Department of Defense video shows Tomahawk missile launching from warship during allied military strikes in Syria. pic.twitter.com/z1s4TAqPrl
— Josh Caplan (@joshdcaplan) April 14, 2018
Footage from #Damascus shows air defence missiles being launched. Location not specified. #SyriaStrikes pic.twitter.com/EqTUYBeNq0
— Riam Dalati (@Dalatrm) April 14, 2018
According to Pentagon Spokesperson Dana White at a Press Briefing Saturday morning, there has been a “2000+ increase in Russian trolls” bringing disinformation since the airstrikes last night. The Pentagon mentioned on Friday that they had already been preparing for a major disinformation campaign. There are trolls, there are “resistance” anti-Trump haters, there are a lot of idiots. We’re not giving them a voice here.
Pro-regime FB pages now confirming strikes vs #Homs but saying air defences “have dealt with missiles over Homs skies”
Pro-regime FB page also confirming strikes vs #Keswa near #Damascus as well as strikes vs #SSRC
Cautious calm over #Damascus for past 10 min.
— Riam Dalati (@Dalatrm) April 14, 2018
Breaking: Video shows coalition air strikes against Syrian regime targets in Damascus, Syria. pic.twitter.com/HQA97gmuWy
— PM Breaking News (@PMBreakingNews) April 14, 2018
#Syrian Missile defence system activated against #US strikes #Syria #SyriaCrisis #SyriaStrikes #Russia #Iran #Trump #Damascus #Syrian #SyriaStrikes pic.twitter.com/zMI20ooFh9
— Hashtag News (@Hashtagnews_ind) April 14, 2018
Chemical Weapons Attacks:
—Syria—
•US estimates Assad has used chemical weapons in Syrian war at least 50 times
—Russia—
•Suspected of using chemical weapons on opponents at least 6 times since 2004
—N. Korea—
•Feb 2017: VX nerve agent used to assassinate Kim’s half brother pic.twitter.com/kCZ5vmqf8Y— Fox News Research (@FoxNewsResearch) April 14, 2018
H/T Uncle Sam’s Misguided Children
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- Obama regime knew Syria still had chemical weapons — But lied
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