• This week a chemical weapons attack in the north-western province of Idlib, Syria killed more than 70 civilians.
• In response, on Thursday President Trump ordered a military attack on a Syrian air base.
• Previously, former President Barak Obama had said that Syria’s use of chemical weapons would be a redline.
• The military strike is directed at the Shayrat air base near Homs in central Syria, which is where it is said the warplanes carrying the chemical weapons were launched from.
• U.S. warships reportedly launched 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at the base.
• The Syrian’s Armed Forces General Command has said the U.S. military’s strike has caused extensive damage and left six people dead.
• Russia is not happy, describing the strike as “aggression against a sovereign state in violation of international law.”