Photo gallery: U.S. strikes Syria

President Donald Trump receiving a briefing on the Syria military strike from the National Security team via video teleconference on April 06, 2017, at the Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Florida.

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April 7, 2017 11:02 AM PT

The overnight missile attack was the first time the U.S. has directly targeted Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces.

President Trump speaks at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., after the U.S. fired a barrage of cruise missiles into Syria on Thursday night in retaliation for this week’s chemical weapons attack against civilians.

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Ivanka Trump, third from left, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, next to her, and White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, far right, are among those listening to President Trump’s remarks on the Syria airstrikes.

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In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, the guided-missile destroyer Porter launches a Tomahawk missile, one of dozens fired at a Syrian military airfield.

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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks with reporters after he greeted Chinese President Xi Jinping in Florida on Thursday. Among other things, Tillerson talked about possible military action against Syria.

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