Britain attacks Syria with cruise missiles to deter more chemical attacks

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Britain attacks Syria with cruise missiles to deter more chemical attacks

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Britain attacks Syria with cruise missiles to deter more chemical attacks

Britain struck Syria with air-launched cruise missiles on Saturday to cripple President Bashar al-Assad's chemical weapons facilities and prevent what Prime Minister Theresa May cast as a global slide towards their greater use. Four Royal Air Force Tornado jets from the Akrotiri base in Cyprus fired Storm Shadow missiles at a military facility near Homs where it was assessed that Syria had stockpiled chemicals, Britain's Ministry of Defense said. May said the strike was "limited and targeted" and came after intelligence indicated that ...

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