How the World Reacted to the Air Strike

The U.S. launched an air strike on a Syrian airfield in response to President Bashar al-Assad's regime's chemical weapons attack on Idlib province earlier this week, which killed more than 80 civilians.

The cruise missile attack, launched by destroyers USS Porter and Ross in the eastern Mediterranean, marks the first time the U.S. has become a direct combatant against the Syrian regime.

It is also the first major military action ordered by U.S.