Headline Roundup April 9, 2018
Missiles Strike Base in Syria
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Wall Street Journal (News)
Missiles hit an air base in Syria early Monday in a strike that Russia blamed on Israel, an assault that comes on the heels of an alleged chemical-weapons attack on a Damascus suburb that killed dozens of civilians and spurred calls for international action.

NBC News Digital
The strike came hours after a deadly suspected poison gas attack near Damascus.

Washington Times
Russia and the Syrian military blamed Israel for a pre-dawn missile attack Monday on a major air base in central Syria, saying Israeli fighter jets launched the missiles from Lebanonβs airspace. A war-monitoring group said the airstrikes killed 14 people, including Iranians active in Syria.
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