U.S. blasts Syria base with cruise missiles

By Lolita C. BaldorWire Service Correspondent
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States fired a barrage of cruise missiles into Syria Thursday night in retaliation for this week’s gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians, U.S. officials said. It was the first direct American assault on the Syrian government and Donald Trump’s most dramatic military order since becoming president.
The strikes hit the government-controlled Shayrat air base in central Syria, where U.S. officia