Airstrikes on Syria

Supporters of Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr burn a U.S. flag during a protest against the US, France, and Britain offensive against Syria, in Tahrir Square, central Baghdad, Iraq.

A missile lights up the Damascus sky as the U.S. launches an attack targeting parts of Syria’s capital early Saturday.

Syrian government supporters wave Syrian, Iranian and Russian flags as they demonstrate in Damascus after the airstrikes.

Syrians wave the national flag and portraits of President Bashar Assad as they gather in Umayyad Square in Damascus to condemn the airstrikes.

U.S. Defense Secretary James N. Mattis, center, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford, right, give a joint news conference on the airstrikes on Syria by the U.S., Britain and France.

French Defense Minister Florence Parly tweeted this photo of French military aircraft launching early Saturday en route to attack Syrian military bases and research centers.