Play Video 2:06 What you need to know about the Syria strikes – video reportPentagon spokeswoman Dana White said: “We met our objectives. We hit the sites, the heart of the [chemical] weapons program. “We’ve spent a week talking about the unique horror of chemical weapons,” she said. The Obama administration justified military action targeting Islamic State by arguing the terrorist group was an offshoot of al-Qaida. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) was set to begin an investigation Saturday at the site of last week’s chemical weapons attacks.

Source: The Guardian April 14, 2018 12:54 UTC