Wars, politics & history

2017 Shayrat missile strike

7 April 2017

United States missile strike in Syria on April 7, 2017. It took place on 7 April 2017 in what is now Syria. The setting was Shayrat Air Base. It was part of the Syrian Civil War and the United States intervention in Syria. Those involved included the United States. Its causes included Khan Shaykhun chemical attack. About 7 people died.

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