/tags/missile missile en-US Copyright Fri, 07 Apr 2017 01:37:00 GMT /npr-news/2017-04-06/trump-orders-syria-airstrikes-after-assad-choked-out-the-lives-of-civilians U.S. officials said that more than 50 Tomahawk missile strikes were carried out against a single Syrian air base from the USS Porter and USS Ross in the Eastern Mediterranean. Fri, 07 Apr 2017 01:37:00 GMT /npr-news/2017-04-06/trump-orders-syria-airstrikes-after-assad-choked-out-the-lives-of-civilians Mark Katkov, Jessica Taylor, Tom Bowman