From The Trussville Tribune staff reports
WASHINGTON D.C. –President Donald Trump announced Friday night that the United States, joined by the UK and France, carried out strategic air strikes in Syria.
The strikes were designed limit Syria;s ability to continue the use of chemical weapons.
Shortly after Trump addresses the nation, explosions could be heard in Syria where government run television called the strikes “the American aggression.”
The strikes come after chemical weapons attacks in Douma killed 40 people and injured over 500 last week.