Trump ordered 59 cruise missiles fired at Syria's Shayrat airfield

Date: 2017-04-06
Entry type: cross-border-use-of-force
Current status: Documented cross-border use of force; no adjudicated aggression finding is asserted.
Last reviewed: 2026-09-03

Entities and roles

2017 Shayrat missile strikeUnited States missile strike
Donald J. Trumppresident directing the strike

Claims and evidence

factdocumented
Trump reported to Congress that United States forces launched 59 Tomahawk missiles at Syria's Shayrat military airfield at his direction.
- The White House: Letter from President Trump on the Shayrat missile strikeFirst two paragraphs