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Graphic toont doelwitten die bij door VS geleide aanval zijn getroffen.
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Troepen onder leiding VS vallen chemische doelen in Syria aan

April 13, 2018 - De VS, Groot-Brittannië en Frankrijk hebben gecoördineerde aanvallen op doelen in Syrië uitgevoerd in antwoord op de vermeende aanval met chemische wapens in Douma door de troepen van president Bashar al-Assad.

U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis and Gen. Joseph Dunford, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, say airstrikes launched Friday evening were designed to inflict “maximum damage” to Syrian chemical weapons facilities.

More than 100 missiles fired from ships and manned aircraft struck three of Syria’s main chemical weapons facilities, Mattis and Dunford said.

The targets included the Centre D’Etudes et de Recherches Scientifiques an alleged chemical and biological weapons research facility in the Damascus suburb of Jamraya as well as a chemical weapons storage facility near the city of Homs. A third target, also near Homs, contained both a chemical weapons equipment storage facility and a command and control centre.

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PUBLISHED: 14/04/2018; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Google Earth
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