Syria Airfield

President Donald Trump on Saturday praised the U.S. military for carrying out the missile attack on a Syrian airfield and struck back at mounting questions over whether it would help achieve a momentum shift in Syria's bloody civil war.

North Korea said today that the US missile strikes against a Syrian airfield on Friday were "an unforgivable act of aggression" that showed its decision to develop nuclear weapons was "the right choice a million times over".

The US today criticised Russia for standing with Syrian President Bashar Al Assad every time he crossed the "line of human decency" and asserted that it was "fully justified" for striking the Syrian airfield from which the chemical attacks were launched.

ISIS militants are suspected of firing a shell loaded with a chemical agent during an attack on U.S. and Iraqi troops in northern Iraq Tuesday, a Pentagon spokesman said.

The Pentagon on Monday denied reports it is building two airfields in northern Syria as part of the battle against the ISIS group.

The United States believes a small number of Russian fighter jets are now at an airfield in Syria, two US officials told Reuters today, a move that adds significant air power to a military buildup that has stoked concern in Washington.

The United States has identified a small number of Russian helicopters at a Syrian airfield, US officials said on Wednesday, the latest addition to what Washington believes is a significant Russian military buildup in the country.

Russia has positioned about a half dozen tanks at a Syrian airfield at the center of a military buildup, two US officials said today, adding the intentions of Moscow's latest deployment of heavy military equipment to Syria was unclear.

Bombs killed at least 18 people in Iraq on Sunday, police and medics said, as the Shi'ite-led government sought to evict al Qaeda-linked militants from Falluja without a fight.

President Donald Trump on Saturday praised the U.S. military for carrying out the missile attack on a Syrian airfield and struck back at mounting questions over whether it would help achieve a momentum shift in Syria's bloody civil war.

North Korea said today that the US missile strikes against a Syrian airfield on Friday were "an unforgivable act of aggression" that showed its decision to develop nuclear weapons was "the right choice a million times over".

The US today criticised Russia for standing with Syrian President Bashar Al Assad every time he crossed the "line of human decency" and asserted that it was "fully justified" for striking the Syrian airfield from which the chemical attacks were launched.

ISIS militants are suspected of firing a shell loaded with a chemical agent during an attack on U.S. and Iraqi troops in northern Iraq Tuesday, a Pentagon spokesman said.

The Pentagon on Monday denied reports it is building two airfields in northern Syria as part of the battle against the ISIS group.

The United States believes a small number of Russian fighter jets are now at an airfield in Syria, two US officials told Reuters today, a move that adds significant air power to a military buildup that has stoked concern in Washington.

The United States has identified a small number of Russian helicopters at a Syrian airfield, US officials said on Wednesday, the latest addition to what Washington believes is a significant Russian military buildup in the country.

Russia has positioned about a half dozen tanks at a Syrian airfield at the center of a military buildup, two US officials said today, adding the intentions of Moscow's latest deployment of heavy military equipment to Syria was unclear.

Bombs killed at least 18 people in Iraq on Sunday, police and medics said, as the Shi'ite-led government sought to evict al Qaeda-linked militants from Falluja without a fight.