Syria’s use of chemical weapons has provoked president Donald Trump to directly attack Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. This is a major development, because up until now the U.S. has only been focused on fighting ISIS.

This article will show you US, UK and French forces launching missile strikes aimed at reducing the Syrian regime’s chemical weapons facilities in the wake of last weekend’s attack on the Damascus suburb of Douma.

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Surface-to-air missiles are seen over Damascus
Photograph: Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua / Barcroft Images

A cruise missile is launched from a French navy ship in the Mediterranean
Photograph: ECPAD/AFP/Getty Images

US President Donald Trump arrives to announce military strikes on Syria as new National Security Advisor John Bolton follows behind at the White House in Washington DC
Photograph: Yuri Gripas/Reuters

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

An RAF Tornado at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, armed with two Storm Shadows missiles
Photograph: Cpl L Matthews / British MoD/PA

An explosion on the outskirts of Damascus after Western missile strikes
Photograph: SANA/AFP/Getty Images

Syrian government supporters wave Syrian, Iranian and Russian flags as they chant anti-US slogans
Photograph: Hassan Ammar/AP