April 2018 missile strikes against Syria

When

14 Apr 2018

Kind

Military operation

Deaths

0

Coordinates

33.56° N, 36.32° E

Description

military strikes by US, UK, France against government sites in Syria

Injured

3

Cause

2018 Douma chemical attack

Military strikes by US, UK, France against government sites in Syria

On 14 April 2018, beginning at 04:00 Syrian time (UTC+3), the United States, France, and the United Kingdom carried out a series of military strikes involving aircraft and ship-based missiles against multiple government sites in Syria during the Syrian Civil War. The strikes were a reprisal for the Douma chemical attack against civilians on 7 April, widely attributed to the Syrian government.

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• Wikidata: military operations, raids and air strikesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Syrian Civil War: The United States, the United Kingdom and France order the bombing of Syrian military bases in response to the sarin attack allegedly by the…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bombardement de Damas et de Homs par les États-Unis, la France et le Royaume-Uni”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “серия ракетных ударов коалиции США, Великобритании и Франции по ряду военных и гражданских объектов в Сирии, совершённый как ответ на возможную химическую атаку”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Estados Unidos, Francia y el Reino Unido lanzan un bombardeo aéreo en posiciones estratégicas en Siria, en respuesta al ataque químico de Guta”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “美國總統川普發表全國講話，指美軍與英、法展開聯合空襲行動，轟炸敍利亞。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page