U.S. military launches <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Shayrat_missile_strike" id="mwAXw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="2017 Shayrat missile strike">59 Tomahawk cruise missiles</a> at an air base in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria" id="mwAX0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Syria">Syria</a>. Russia describes the strikes as an "aggression", adding they significantly damage US-Russia ties.<sup about="#mwt89" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-16"}}' id="cite_ref-16" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./April_6#cite_note-16" id="mwAX4" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 16;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAX8">[16]</span></a></sup>
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