Meanwhile, Reuters adds that a total of three scientific research centers struck in the attack.<\/p>\n
According to media reports in addition to American ships, Tomahawk missiles and aircraft – including B-1 bombers, leading the attacks, four British Tornado GR4s have targeted a military facility in Homs with Storm Shadow missiles.<\/p>\n
While unconfirmed, Syria state TV claims that it shot down 13 missiles near Damascus.<\/p>\n
Pentagon:\u00a0There will be a press briefing at 10 p.m. EDT, tonight<\/strong>, April 13, in the Pentagon Briefing Room on operations in Syria.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n *\u00a0 *\u00a0 *<\/p>\n Update 1<\/u>:<\/strong>\u00a0President Trump has now confirmed that in a\u00a0combined operation with France and UK<\/strong>, a\u00a0military strike is now under way against Syria<\/strong>…<\/p>\n \u201cA short time ago, I ordered the United States Armed Forces to launch precision strikes on targets associated with the chemical weapons capabilities of Syrian dictator, Bashar al-Assad.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThis massacre was a significant escalation in a pattern of chemical weapons use by that very terrible regime.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThese are not the actions of a man; they are crimes of a monster instead.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThe\u00a0combined American, British, and French response\u00a0<\/strong>to these atrocities will integrate all instruments of our national power, military, economic, and diplomatic.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe are prepared to sustain this response until the Syrian regime stops its use of prohibited chemical agents.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cIn 2013, President Putin and his government promised the world that they would guarantee the elimination of Syria\u2019s chemical weapons.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0\u201cAssad\u2019s recent attack and today\u2019s response are the direct result of Russia\u2019s failure to keep that promise.\u00a0<\/strong>Russia must decide if it will continue down this dark path or if it will join with civilized nations as a force for stability and peace.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe United States will be a partner and a friend, but the fate of the region lies in the hands of its own people.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cTonight, I ask all Americans to say a prayer for our noble warriors and our allies as they carry out their missions. We pray that God will bring comfort to those suffering in Syria.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Theresa May has commented:<\/p>\n Mr. Trump has threatened military action against Syria for days as retaliation for a suspected chemical weapons attack by the forces of President Bashar al-Assad on a Damascus suburb last week.<\/p>\n *\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0 *<\/p>\n With two Tomahawk-capable destroyers in The Mediterranean Sea, and following “highly confident” intel that Syria launched the chemical attack, NYTimes reports that President\u00a0Trump is expected to make a statement about Syria on Friday evening at the White House,<\/strong>\u00a0an administration official said.<\/p>\n\n