US launches missile strikes against Syria
The US has carried out a missile attack against targets in Syria in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held town.
A Pentagon official said about 50 Tomahawk cruise missiles were fired from US Navy destroyers in the eastern Mediterranean at a Syrian air base.
In a televised address, President Donald Trump said the base was where Tuesday's attack was launched from.
He called on "all civilised nations" to help end the conflict in Syria.
Dozens of civilians, including many children, died in the suspected nerve gas attack on the town of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib province.
Speaking from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, President Trump branded Syrian President Bashar al-Assad a "dictator" who had "launched a horrible chemical weapons attack on innocent civilians".
"Tonight I call on all civilized nations to join us in seeking to end this slaughter and bloodshed in Syria and also to end terrorism of all kinds and all types," he said.
"We hope that as long as America stands for justice, then peace and harmony will in the end prevail."
The Pentagon said Russia, which is supporting the Syrian military, had been informed ahead of the US attack.
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