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Furious Russia warns Trump he has ‘completely ruined’ relations with Moscow after Syria gas attack revenge bombing – as Putin sends warship to the Med

• The US President said cruise missile strikes were in America's 'vital national security interest'
• It's the first direct US military action against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
• Strikes come days after dozens died in suspected chemical gas attack in Idlib province
• Britain says it fully supports US strikes on Syria, calling it an 'appropriate response'
• Russia describes US strikes as an 'illegal aggression' warning it would 'damage US-Russia ties'
• US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he ordered missile strikes against a Syrian airfield from which a deadly chemical weapons attack was launched, declaring he acted in America's "vital national security interest".
  
  
  Speaking to the nation after launching the attack, Trump - who had earlier been meeting with the Chinese President Xi Jinping - said that the action was in response to the Assad's chemical massacre - for which the Syrian government has strongly denied responsibility.
  Trump said: "Using a deadly nerve agent, Assad choked out the lives of helpless men, women and children. It was a slow and brutal death for so many.
  "Even beautiful babies were cruelly murdered in this very barbaric attack. No child of God should ever suffer such horror.
  
  
  "Tonight, I ordered a targeted military strike on the airfield in Syria from where the chemical attack was launched.
  "It is in this vital national security interest of the United States to prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly chemical weapons."

  Using a deadly nerve agent, Assad choked out the lives of helpless men, women and children. It was a slow and brutal death for so many

  Donald Trump

  The President added that there could be "no dispute" Syria used banned chemical weapons and he attacked previous attempts to bring Assad into line - which he said had "failed very dramatically".
  
  Trump said the resulting impact of Assad's rage had worsened a refugee crisis and destabilised the region "threatening the United States and its allies".
  The President said: "Tonight, I call on all civilised nations to join us in seeking to end the slaughter and bloodshed in Syria, and also to end terrorism of all kinds and all types."