April 7 at 1:40 UTC (4:40 local time), the United States launched a missile attack on air base al-Sirat . The attack was carried out in response to the chemical attack that took place on 4 April in the city of Khan Sheikhoun that resulted in large civilian casualties, the responsibility for which, without any international investigation, it was hastily imposed on the government forces of Syria. A missile attack was caused by two destroyers of the U.S. Navy: USS Ross (DDG-71) and USS Porter (DDG-78) from the Mediterranean sea, 60-d missiles “Tomahawk”