[First published by Inside Syria Media Center]
On April 7, between 3.42am and 3.56am, a massive rocket attack was carried out from an area near Crete Island in the Mediterranean Sea. Two destroyers of the US Navy (USS Ross and USS Porter) launched 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at the Syrian Al-Shayrat airbase in Homs Province.
According to various mass media, only 23 of them reached the Syrian airbase.
The strike on the Al-Shayrat airbase in Syria's Homs Province destroyed a
material storage depot, a training facility, a canteen, six Mig-23 aircraft in
repair hangars and a radar station.
The runway, taxiways and the Syrian aircraft remain undamaged. According to the command of the Syrian airbase, two Syrian military personnel were missing, four were killed and six were burned in the firefighting.
The remaining 36 cruise missiles hit the
surrounding peaceful settlements.
As a result five civilians including three children were killed in the village
of Al-Shayrat located 1.5 km east of the airbase.
Seven citizens were wounded in Al-Manzul (1 km north of the airfield).
Four people including one child were killed in Al-Hamrat (4.5 km south-east of
the airfield).
Thus the combat effectiveness of the American massive missile strike against the Syrian airbase proved to be extremely low.
All the accusations of the alleged violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention
that was put forward by the U.S. as a justification for the strike are
groundless.
The statements of the U.S. side about the alleged evidence of the Syrian army
using chemical weapons must be confirmed by real facts and presented to the
world community.
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