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>> the pentagon had to deny syrian state media reports that the attack was carried out on the air base in homs. we have cnn's ben wedeman with the latest. ben. >> reporter: alison, this strike took place on the t-4 air base which is 60 miles northeast of damascus. according to the syrian arab news agency, there were fatalities and casualties in that strike, but they were rather slim on the details. however, just a little while ago, the russian defense ministry put out a statement saying this strike was conducted by two israeli f-15s that flew over lebanon from where they fired missiles. eight ...

Gulf but a navy guided missile destroyer with dozens of tomahawks left cypress this morning putting it within striking range of syria. >> shepard: i mentioned there was a round of air strikes overnight. who do we know about it? >> the syrians blamed the u.s. but the pentagon denied involvement. the russians later blamed israeli fighter pilots that launched the strike from lebanese airspace. the explosions occurred in central syria at the t-4 air base. it's a little hard to see. the base is used by the russians and the iranians. at least three iranians were killed in the strike, including the s...

Reported iranians and their supporters. that attack was launched from here inside lebba knees airspace. israel has, in fact, attacked that base before called t-4 most recently just a couple months ago. of course it followed the killing of dozens of men, women, and children, medics absolutely sure that that was a chemical weapons attack. syria is denying it. iran and russia needless to say joining in saying that it's all made up and it was a pretext to launch military action. as you've been hearing for president trump, this is a dye dilemma. does he do what he did exactly a year ago? launch cru...

Missiles. five apparently were shot down but three landed at the airfield, killing apparently 14 people. some of them, according to reports, were iranians. israel has actually attacked that base. it's called t-4, before, twice, in fact, just a couple of months ago. it follows the chemical weapons attack in which dozens of civilians, men, women, and children were killed. medics on the ground almost certain that that was either a chlorine gas attack, possibly even a sarin gas attack. president assad, iran and russia saying this is all fake, it's all as an excuse for military action. but of cours...

Near palmyra, where they went to take out the launching system that sent this drone toward israeli air space. now, during this air raid apparently some israeli aircraft encountered a good deal of anti-aircraft fire. and one f-16 was damaged it appears. and when it re-entered israeli air space, it crashed. we understand the pilots are still alive, one is in critical condition. now, following that, the israelis launched 12 air raids around damascus in retaliation. and several hours afterwards, another smaller air raid. now, this is hugely significant. it represents a dramatic deterioration in th...