In Photos: U.S. and Allies Launch Missile Strikes on Syria

An RAF Tornado pilot in the cockpit of his aircraft at RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus
Photograph: Cpl L Matthews / British MoD/EPA

The Damascus sky lights up with surface-to-air missile fire
Photograph: Hassan Ammar/AP

Prime minister Theresa May announces she has authorised British armed forces to “conduct coordinated and targeted strikes to degrade the Syrian regime’s chemical weapons capability”
Photograph: UK Government/AP