U.S., allies attack Syria’s alleged chemical weapons factories

A missile flies through the sky over Damascus as the U.S. launches an attack on Syria targeting different parts of the capital early on April 14, 2018, in retaliation for the country’s alleged use of chemical weapons against its citizens.

In this handout image released by the Ministry of Defence on April 14, 2018, RAF Tornados are prepared for a sortie from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus. Four Royal Air Force fighters took off on the morning of April 14, 2018, from RAF Akrotiri to conduct strikes in support of joint allied operations in Syria.

Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May arrives for a news conference at 10 Downing Street, London, on April 14, 2018.

British Prime Minister Theresa May attends a news conference at 10 Downing Street on April 14, 2018, in London. The Royal Air Force launched four Tornado GR4s carrying missiles used to hit a military facility in Syria.

In this handout image released by Britain’s Ministry of Defense, RAF Tornado fighters take off from the Britain Royal Air Force base in Akrotiri, Cyprus, on April 14, 2018.

Marine Lt. Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., director of the Joint Staff, pauses while speaking during a media event at the Pentagon on April 14, 2018, in Washington.

In this handout released by the U.S. Navy, the guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey fires a Tomahawk missile at Syria as part of an allied strike April 14, 2018.

French President Emmanuel Macron, right center, attends a defense council at the Elysee Palace in Paris on April 14, 2018, with, clockwise from left, French Army Chief of Staff Gen. Francois Lecointre, French Defense Minister Florence Parly, French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, French General Secretary for Defense and National Security Claire Landais, Diplomatic Counselor to the French president Philippe Etienne, Elysee palace general secretary Alexis Kohler, President’s Chief of Staff Admiral Bernard Rogel and France’s Intelligence national co-ordinator Pierre de Bousquet de Florian, after the United States, Britain and France carried out a wave of predawn strikes against Syria’s regime in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack.

French Defense Minister Florence Parly, right, and Chief of the Defense Staff of the French Army Gen. Francois Lecointre give a news conference at the Defense Ministry in Paris on April 14, 2018. The United States, France and Britain have launched military strikes in Syria to punish President Bashar Assad for an apparent chemical attack against civilians and to deter him from doing it again.

A Syrian soldier inspects the wreckage of a building described as part of the Scientific Studies and Research Centre (SSRC) compound in the Barzeh district, north of Damascus, during a news tour organized by the Syrian information ministry, on April 14, 2018. The United States, Britain and France launched strikes against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime early April 14, 2018, in response to an alleged chemical weapons attack after mulling military action for nearly a week.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg gives a news conference at the end of a meeting of Ambassadors at NATO headquarters in Brussels on April 14, 2018.

The Scientific Studies Research Center building was hit by airstrikes on April 14, 2018, launched by the United States, Britain and France in the Barzeh neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, in retaliation for an alleged chemical attack.

Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya looks at his phone during a Security Council meeting at U.N. headquarters in New York on April 14, 2018. The U.N. Security Council on Saturday opened a meeting at Russia’s request to discuss military strikes carried out by the United States, France and Britain on Syria in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack. Russia circulated a draft resolution calling for condemnation of the military action, but Britain’s ambassador said the strikes were “both right and legal” to alleviate humanitarian suffering in Syria.