(CNN) The US, UK and France coordinated to launch strikes against targets within Syria in response to an alleged chemical weapons attack by the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. Three sites were targeted, Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters:A scientific research center in Damascus;A chemical weapons storage facility, located west of Homs;And a chemical weapons equipment storage facility and command post near Homs. We hit the sites, the heart of the chemical weapons program. JUST WATCHED Timeline of the US precision strikes on Syria Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH Timeline of the US precision strikes on Syria 02:09Trump said the US was "prepared to sustain this response until the Syrian regime stops its use of prohibited chemical agents." The Pentagon said 105 missiles were launched in the strikes against Syria.

Source: CNN April 14, 2018 04:29 UTC