Many killed as US strikes Syria with 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles

Smoke rises over Syrian town of Kobani after an airstrike, as seen from the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the town of Suruc.

The Syrian army has said that six persons have been killed after the United State air strike on Syrian airbase.


Also the the governor of Homs province where the Shayrat base is located said that US military strike on a Syrian airbase has caused several deaths.

“There are martyrs, but we don’t yet know the number either of martyrs or of wounded,” Talal Barazi told AFP by telephone. He said parts of the base were on fire and some of the wounded were suffering from burns. “It will take some time to determine the extent of the damages,” he said. “Of course we condemn this, all action targeting Syrian military bases is condemnable,” Barazi said.

He said the forces present at the base “provide important support” in the battle against the Islamic State group in the Palmyra region, home to a famed desert city that Syrian troops recaptured from jihadists last month.