Anchor: The U.S. military launched dozens of cruise missiles at a Syrian military airfield on Thursday. The move came as U.S. President Donald Trump denounced Tuesday's chemical weapons attack, which killed at least 70 people, in the Syrian province of Idlib and claimed that the proliferation of chemical weapons must be stopped.
Our Bae Joo-yon has more.
 
Report: The U.S. has carried out a military strike on a Syrian government target in response to a chemical attack that killed at least 70 civilians in the Middle Eastern country earlier this week.
 
U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday night that he ordered a targeted military strike on the air base in Syria from where the chemical attack was launched.
 
A U.S. government official explained that two U.S. warships fired roughly 60 to 70 Tomahawk cruise missiles at a Syrian government airbase on Thursday.
 
The New York Times said that the U.S. bombing also appears to be a message to North Korea, Iran and other potential adversaries that the U.S. is prepared to act on short notice.
 
The U.S., Britain and other major Western countries want the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution seeking to investigate the Syrian government, as they believe that the Syrian government led by President Bashar al-Assad was behind the latest chemical weapons attack.
 
The South Korean foreign ministry on Thursday issued a statement, expressing "deep concern" over the reported deaths of numerous civilians in northern Syria.
 
At an international conference on supporting the future of Syria and the region held in Belgium on Wednesday, South Korea also announced that it will provide 14 million U.S. dollars in humanitarian aid to the area. 
Bae Joo-yon, KBS World Radio News.
 
 

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