US, Britain, France Launch Air Strikes in Syria

US, Britain, France Launch Air Strikes in Syria
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WASHINGTON—U.S., British, and French forces hammered Syria with airstrikes early Saturday, April 13, Syria time in response to a poison gas attack that killed dozens of people last week, in the biggest intervention by Western powers in Syria’s civil war.

President Donald Trump announced the military action from the White House late on Friday.