US attacks Syrian airbase

A few hours ago the US launched dozens of Tomahawk cruise missiles. The US says the target was a Syrian airbase from which the government of Bashar al-Assad launched a chemical weapons attack on its own people last Tuesday.

A few hours ago the US launched dozens of Tomahawk cruise missiles.

The US says the target was a Syrian airbase from which the government of Bashar al-Assad launched a chemical weapons attack on its own people last Tuesday.

Al Jazeera’s Rob Matheson reports.