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>> as the shayrat airbase lay in ruins, condemning the missile strike and calling them reckless and irresponsible. arguing that the u.s. move undermines the fight against terrorists and put the u.s. on the side of isis. >> the airbase that was attacked by the u.s. has been fighting against terrorism command his soldiers and officers of the army has been fighting against daesh. >> the idea that the u.s. now supports terrorists was echoed by the region, saying, not even two decades after nine mike...

Attack. on thursday before president trump sat down to dinner the chinese president, he met with his national security team to discuss military options. deciding then to order the strike that night. at 8:40 p.m. eastern time in the middle of the night in syria the attack began. two u.s. war ships in the eastern mediterranean the uss porter and uss ross launched the 60 tomahawk missiles towards the syrian airbase. trump sat through dinner alongside the chinese as the attack was under way. 35 minu...

Iran has thousands of fighters. russia has some of the most advanced anti-missile forces inside syria. so the reality is unless theres engagement with russia and regional players turkey and iran youll have more proxy war and more escalation in the next few weeks and next few months inside syria. >> i want to ask you one question thats come up again and again and again about this air strike. many people and you see it on social media, even in every day conversations if president obama had only do...

Abruptly changed his cruise missile strike in an airbase in the central part of the country. well be right back, stay with us. so youre having a party?

>> the russians are complicit in these war crimes. they were at that facility and had personnel stationed at the airbase they had to know sirin gas was being loaded on those planes. >> new photos shows the extensive damage left behind after president trump authorized the launch of 59 u.s. missiles to hit a syrian airfield. heres what you can see of whats left of three aircraft hangars. one is destroyed. two others are damaged. in these pictures whats left of five workshops near where the base st...

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That the president did not call vladimir putin to let him know what was about to happen. not to suggest that president trump would ever seek permission from the russian leader but with so many russian forces on the ground there, you might think they would want to give the russians a heads up. perhaps that did happen through military channels and perhaps the russians were stooped to pick up the signals that were being telegraphed all throughout the day to say something is definitely coming. the o...

They are target folders for the six main syrian basis, developed prior to 2013 with the capability to deliver on president obamas redline. last nights plan, executed less than 72 hours, because of the strong intelligence and the existing targeting plans. as general jack keane explained on "fox & friends." >> we always have contingency plans, assad only has six bases that he uses operationally, we know the infrastructure at those bases, those are the depots, the fuel storage, the runways themselv...

Munitions air strikes are getting ready to take place. >> jon: we know the russians have sold and installed very sophisticated antiaircraft weaponry on syrian soil. how dangerous is that in the event that some kind of a manned aircraft strike might be needed? >> fortunately, we dont need to do that. this is not operation el dorado canyon when the president reagan sent the f111 over libya. we dont have to send pilots or just send machines now. we have the ability to send drones and those tomahawk...

When the missile garage, the governor says in the evacuation and transfer of traffic to matt casuallys is ongoing. he called the airbase which is about 45 kilometers, 28 miles east of hom for terrorism. militants operate in the central homs province. rebels say that its her to one of the governments most active launching pad for air strikes on all verbal areas in central and northern syria. its government calls all armed groups terrorists. i should tell you that that is the very base for which i...