00:00 In response to the deadly gas attack on Syrian rebels, the United States military has intervened
00:04 in Syria by launching a naval airstrike against a Syrian air base.
00:09 On Tuesday, a Syrian regime airstrike killed dozens in a rebel-held village with a chemical
00:14 gas attack.
00:15 Russia has said that the deaths were caused by the bombing of a rebel-held chemical plant,
00:20 but other state agencies have disregarded these claims.
00:23 Early Friday morning, U.S. warships fired 59 Tomahawk missiles at the Syrian air base
00:28 believed to house the bombers that carried out Tuesday's gas attack.
00:32 Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has stated that steps are being taken to remove Syrian
00:37 leader Bashar al-Assad.
00:38 "The process by which Assad would leave is something that requires an international community
00:43 effort both to defeat ISIS within Syria, to stabilize the Syrian country, to avoid further
00:49 civil war, and then to work collectively with our partners around the world through a political
00:54 process that would lead to Assad leaving."
00:57 The action around the world has been mixed.
01:00 Leaders in the West are largely praising the intervention.
01:02 "We can say that the Australian government strongly supports the swift and just response
01:11 of the United States."
01:12 The ambassador to the United States from Syria has condemned the attack as illegal.
01:17 "We see the airstrike by the aircraft of this coalition illegally against the Syrian Arab
01:24 Army."
01:25 A Russian UN envoy spoke to Congress saying that the U.S. airstrikes have encouraged terrorist
01:30 attacks in the Syrian area.
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