Everything You Need to Know about the Cruise-Missile Strikes in Syria

April 30, 2018 Topic: Security Region: Middle East Blog Brand: The Buzz Tags: SyriaMissilesWarRussiaAir Strikes

Everything You Need to Know about the Cruise-Missile Strikes in Syria

The fact and the fiction of the most recent missile strike in Syria.

Dave Majumdar is the defense editor for the National Interest. You can follow him on Twitter: @davemajumdar.

Image: Battle damage assessment image of Shayrat Airfield, Syria, is seen in this DigitalGlobe satellite image, released by the Pentagon following U.S. Tomahawk Land Attack Missile strikes from Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers, the USS Ross and USS Porter on April 7, 2017. DigitalGlobe/Courtesy U.S. Department of Defense/Handout via REUTERS