US, allies attack Syria; Iran warns of regional consequences: Top updates

Reacting to the US-led strikes, Russia's foreign ministry said that the Syrian capital was attacked at the very moment when the country had a chance for a peaceful future

In a televised address to the nation today, US President Donald Trump announced that US, UK and France have launched an airstrike in Syria in retaliation to the alleged chemical attack on a rebel town by the regime of Bashar Al Assad.

Trump said that the chemical weapons attack on April 7 on the rebel-held town of Douma in which 40 people lost their lives and more than 500 were injured "was a significant escalation in a pattern of chemical weapon use by that very terrible regime". He added, "The purpose of our actions tonight is to establish a