US launches 50 cruise missiles at Syria over chemical attack

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The Trump administration has reportedly launched cruise missiles at Syria in response to a chemical attack that killed at least 80 people in the northwestern part of the country earlier this week.

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Fifty Tomahawk missiles were launched from two Navy warships stationed in the Mediterranean aimed at Syrian airfields, according to CNN, and NBC News.

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