U.S. launches missile strikes against Syria

President Donald Trump ordered missile strikes against an air base in Syria in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held town

04:40 local time (01:40 GMT): 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles fired from Navy destroyers USS Porter and USS Ross strike multiple targets on Shayrat Air Base

Apr 4, Khan Sheikhoun: At least 88 civilians, including many children, die in suspected nerve gas attack

Damascus
Palmyra
Homs
Deir al-Zawr
Raqqa
Hama
Aleppo
MEDITERRANEAN SEA
TURKEY
LEBANON
JORDAN
IRAQ
SYRIA
Government control as of April 4
Kurdish
Rebel control
So-called Islamic State (Daesh)
Tomahawk missile
60 miles
100km

Shayrat Air Base: Houses two squadrons of Syria’s Su-22 ground attack aircraft
1.25 miles
2km

Sources: ISW, Wire agencies
Picture: Google Earth