US President Donald Trump announces joint-British-French operation launched on Syria

US President Donald Trump has announced that a joint US-British-French operation had been launched on Syria. It targeted the "criminal" regime of Bashar al-Assad.

In a prime-time televised address to the nation in a short while ago, Trump said, he ordered the United States armed forces to launch precision strikes on targets associated with the chemical weapons capabilities of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad. 

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said the strikes would aim to deter chemical weapons use by the Syrian government, a week after a suspected chemical attack outside Damascus left more than 40 people dead. 

Meanwhile, a foreign news agency reports that huge blasts heard in Syria's capital Damascus. Syrian state television also reported a US attack on Syria, in coordination with France and Britain.