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women and children CBS News A U.The United States attacked a Syrian airfield with nearly 60 cruise missiles Thursday night as a response to a chemical weapons attack it blamed on President Bashar al-Assad.

and confirms that its assessing the results of the strike.going over the village hit by the chemical attack.The airfield is located about 50 miles south of the village where 80 civilians died.

Initial indications are that the strike has severely damaged or destroyed Syrian aircraft and support infrastructure and equipment.Syria decries aggression as U.

reducing the Syrian governments ability to deliver chemical weapons.

Aerial view of Shayrat airfield in Syria.conducted naval operations in the U.

it shows the track of a Syrian plane taking off from Shayrat airfield on April 4.It will seem that there would be no role for him to govern the Syrian people.

Trump changed his position on Assad staying in power earlier Thursday.radars (air defense and air traffic control) and air defenses