SATELLITE images have revealed the damage wreaked by Trump’s 59-missile blitz on a Syrian airbase, amid news Vladimir Putin has promised to bolster Syria’s air defences.
The Russian president has sent out the nation’s Black Sea Fleet’s frigate, the Admiral Grigorovich, to the Syrian port city of Tartus in the Mediterranean, according to Russian news agency Tass.
Russian PM Dmitri Medvedev said the strikes were illegal and had been “one step away from military clashes with Russia”.
Relations with Washington had been “completely ruined”, he added.
Observers in Syria have said the Al-Sharyat Air Base was “almost completely destroyed” by the 1000lb warheads dropped by US forces.
Syrian forces earlier accused the US of being a “partner of ISIS” describing the bombing as an act of “blatant aggression” – while rebels welcomed the move but said the attack was “not enough”.
The SANA news agency report claimed the civilians died in villages near the airbase – adding more had been wounded and homes had been badly damaged…
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