Douma last week. Mr Trump said the combined operation

was under way and that they were prepared to sustain the response until Syria stopped its use of chemical weapons. The operation by the three allies came after a suspected poison gas attack in Syria that is said to have killed dozens of

civilians. “A short time ago,
I ordered the United States Armed Forces to launch precision strikes on targets

associated with the chemical weapons capabilities of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad,”
Mr Trump said in a televised address from the White House earlier today.