Four women delegates (3D, 1R) also represent American Samoa, the District of Columbia, Guam, and the Virgin Islands in the United States House of Representatives. The 20 (14D, 6R) women currently serving in the Senate are: 84 women from 31 states serve in the U.S. House of Representatives.
U.S. Airstrikes in Syria: Fallout Around the World. â  The United States fired 59 Tomahawk missiles on Thursday at an airfield in Syria from which officials said a chemical weapons attack originated this week. â  Russian forces, which were in the area, were given no more than 90 minutesâ notice of the attack.
Syrian air force attacks in Aleppo reportedly killed around 100 people. (AFP/File). The Islamic State group [also known by the Arabic acronym Daesh] launched a new offensive in northern Syria this weekend in an apparent attempt to cut off the countryâs largest city, Aleppo, from crucial supply lines to Turkey.he US Embassy in Syria charged in a series of tweets that the Syrian government was aiding Daesh's advance in its airstrikes against civilians. The jihadists also gained ground in northeast Syria, where a suicide bomber killed âat least nine regime loyalistsâ near Hasakeh, the Observatory said.