Attack on Syria

US Launches Air Strike On Syria: 60 Tomahawk Missiles Hit Syria

As previewed earlier tonight, the US has launched air strikes against Syria, with NBC reporting that under instructions from President Trump, US ships have launched over 50 Tomahawk missiles, striking Syria. NBC adds that only tomahawks missiles fired, no fixed wing aircraft involved, for now.

According to CBS, the U.S. launched about 60 Tomahawk missiles against the Syrian airfield where the plane that allegedly carried out the chemical attack took off from; hangars and planes were targeted, a U.S. official says.

Reaction on market:

Equity market has seen immediate sell of reacting on the news and due to which Asian market also traded lower and it’s impact is being seen in Indian market too.

Bullion as well as crude jumped up as a reaction of this news.