Syria: U.S. missile strikes on airfield a 'blatant act of aggression'

The Syrian military says the U.S. missile strikes in Syria killed at least six people. The U.S. says the missiles were a response to Syria's use of chemical weapons. The move could raise tensions with Russia, which backs Syria's President. Syria condemned U.S. missile strikes on a Syrian airfield in retaliation to a chemical attack on civilians, describing them as a "blatant act of aggression." President Trump said he ordered the strikes early Friday local time in retaliation for a chemical weapons attack by the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad in the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib province that killed 86 people on Tuesday. The Syrian army said the strikes made the United States a “partner” of the Islamic State, Jabhat al-Nusra and other terrorist organizations. “At 3:42 am today, the United States of America committed a blatant act of aggression targeting one of our air bases in the Central Region with a number of missiles, leaving 6 people martyred and a number of others injured and causing huge material damage,” the Syrian military said in a statement carried by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA). More:https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/04/07/us-missile-strikes-syria/100159370/

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