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The US, Britain, and France launched coordinated military strikes against Syria — photos from the ground show how it's playing out

The US military says it struck targets that were "specifically associated" with Syria's chemical weapons program while minimizing the risk to civilians.

US-led missile strikes against the Syrian regime began at 9 p.m. EDT, following President Donald Trump's announcement of a sustained response to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's apparent chemical weapons attack in the country.

"This massacre was a significant escalation in a pattern of chemical weapons use by that very terrible regime," Trump said on Friday.

"We and our allies find these atrocities inexcusable," Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said at the Pentagon on Friday.

Unconfirmed footage and reporting from the ground in districts like the capital of Damascus paint a bleak picture of the aftermath of the US-led attack, with some accounts describing airports being "completely destroyed." Air defense assets were reportedly being used to intercept the missiles, but based on the reports, several missiles have successfully struck their targets.

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The US military struck targets that were "specifically associated" with Syria's chemical weapons program while minimizing the risk to civilians, according to chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford.

"They will lose years of research and development data," Dunford claimed.

Here's how US-led military action against Syria is playing out on the ground:

Sounds like WW3 here #Dam... @ Danny Makki

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The strikes & counter s... @ Danny Makki

Local Sources :: #Damascus ... @ Abdalaziz Alhamza

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