Chemical Attack in Syria

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Earlier this week, over 80 civilians died in a chemical weapon attack in Syria. In response, President Trump ordered a US missile strike targeting the Syrian air base.

A man carries a child following a chemical attack at a makeshift hospital in the town of Khan Sheikhoun, northern Idlib province, Syria.

A Syrian doctor treats a child following a chemical attack in the town of Khan Sheikhoun, northern Idlib province, Syria.

Victims of the chemical weapons attack lie on the ground, in Khan Sheikhoun.

A Syrian child receives treatment after a chemical attack at a field hospital in Saraqib, northern Syria, April 4.

The bodies of victims lay on the ground in the town of Khan Sheikhoun.

SAbdul-Hamid Alyousef, 29, holds his twin babies who were killed during a chemical weapons attack. Alyousef also lost his wife, two brothers, nephews and many other family members in the attack that claimed scores of his relatives.

The bodies of children lay in the back of a truck in the town of Khan Sheikhoun, after the chemical attack.

A mother and father weep over the bodies of their children.

The bodies of five children and one man lay on the floor in a building.

A father cries with the body of his son.

A father carries the body of his daughter.

Medical personnel give up on a young boy who couldn't be revived.

Protesters shout slogans against Russia for its alleged role in the chemical attack near the Russian Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, April 4.

Nikki Haley, United States’ Ambassador to the United Nations, shows pictures of Syrian victims of chemical attacks as she addresses a meeting of the Security Council on Syria at U.N. headquarters, April 5.

Vladimir Safronkov (C), Russia’s Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations, talks to a staff member during an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council about a chemical attack in Syria on April 5.

Syrian first aiders and civil defense volunteers hold placards and photos showing victims of the chemical attack during a gathering to show solidarity with the victims in Douma, Syria, April 5.

Dozens of members of a Turkish trade union carry black-painted coffins in Ankara, Turkey on April 7, in protest of this week’s chemical weapons attack that killed more than 80 people in northern Syria.

President Donald Trump prepares to speak at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., April 6, after the U.S. fired a barrage of cruise missiles into Syria Thursday night in retaliation for this week’s gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians.

The guided-missile destroyer USS Porter fires a Tomahawk land attack missile on April 7, in the Mediterranean Sea.

This Oct. 7, 2016 satellite image shows Shayrat air base in Syria. The United States blasted this air base with a barrage of cruise missiles in retaliation for this week’s chemical weapons attack against civilians.

One of the burned and damaged Syrian air force hangars which was attacked by U.S. Tomahawk missiles, at the Shayrat Syrian government forces airbase.

Copies of the popular Japanese daily Nikkan Gendai newspapers showing pictures of US President Donald J. Trump are stacked at a kiosk of a railway station in Tokyo, Japan, April 7.

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) answers questions at the U.S. Capitol about the recent U.S. attack in Syria April 7, in Washington, DC.

Iranians shout anti-US slogans after the Friday prayer ceremony in Tehran, Iran, April 7.

A boy participates in a special prayer for the victims of the chemical attack in Idlib, Syria, following Friday prayers in Istanbul, April 7.