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Center in east damascus, in barzeh, which has a relation to chemical weapons. some have been technologically developed there. the second was the only airport within the confines of damascus. and the third location, which is very close to where i am now is a huge complex of a research facility, which was previously targeted by the israelis in 2014 if you remember, a couple of years ago. so there's three different military targets were almost struck almost simultaneously, and after the first wave of rocket attacks, i could hear jets in the sky. so i can confirm to thaw you th wasn't just rockete...

Indian ocean. we also have forces that are down here. this is where the strikes came from. i think what's important to realize here as well is that russian forces in syria are co-located in many locations where syrian forces are. what we see here, this indicates that russian forces are here. it's also a location where syrian forces are. so you have strike packages that might be going into locations like this or in damascus where you have proximity. you need to have standoff. we do not want to go to war with russia. that is not the intention. escalation is not the objective. de-escalation on th...

New today leaders of france and britain say they've spoken to president trump by phone. they say they discussed last night's missile strikes on syria's chemical weapons facilities and that they were all satisfied it was a successful mission. joining me is independent journalist danny mackey, who is inside damascus. danny, were you able to hear the strikes and have you been able to see any of the damage? >> actually, incidentally yesterday evening in the early hours, i was not able to just hear the strikes but the strikes actually awoke me. it began with 10 or 11 different rockets in different ...

5:30 this morning, things were not normal. this was not -- this was not initially a symbolic strike in an airfield in the middle of nowhere. this was a strike within and around damascus for the first time since the start of the syria crisis. now, we've also heard intense reports of strikes around homs. the homs strike has been confirmed. so we're getting reports now of more strikes around syria which have happened but have taken longer to confirm due to the fact they're quite far away from damascus. there are russian jets in the sky around damascus and around homs, and this is the main reason ...