engaging incoming missiles. the third is an air base south of damascus. it s used by bashar assad s republican guard. president trump talked about presentation air strikes. it would seem from what we re hearing from trusted sources in damascus that those are indeed precision strikes on significant chemical weapons facilities and on air bases. but, of course, rachel, you know one question is, how long these strikes will last and it would seem that there are waves of air strikes. we ve about nearly an hour of air strikes one was reported just about five minutes ago. you know, in the long-term, this doesn t really change the calculus or the course of the war. after these air strikes, president assad will still be in power, the war will be as
two locations on the outskirts of damascus that have been targeted. unclear exact ly what they are. one is reportedly associated with the syrian national guard, a regime place. but all the attacks not exactly in damascus center but around damascus. also reports of explosions in eastern syria. two different locations in eastern syria. but what struck me in listening to president trump is that this isn t designed or wasn t explained to be a one-off operation. he said this is an open-ended commitment that the u.s. is prepared to continue these operations until bashar al assad stops using chemical weapons. that is if not a new war in the middle east, it is certainly a new open-ended mission, and it is one that carries significant risk. already syrian air defense as cording to syrian state tv,
there s been a lot of time to clear out these facilities but again, these are the facilities we re hearing that why hit. the third facility is in barza in eastern syria. those three sites were pummeled 35 minutes ago. eight explosions in damascus. thank you very much. we are piecing together from the various sources of information we can get, both eyewitnesses like cal was talking to there, an eyewitness in damascus, western damascus, a journalist who was able to get on the phone, got there, also reports from news services.
force. last saturday the assad regime again deployed chemical weapons to slaughter innocent civilians, this time in the town of douma near the syrian capital of damascus. this massacre was a significant escalation in a pattern of chemical weapons use by that very terrible regime. the evil and the despicable attack left mothers and fathers, infants and children thrashing in pain and gasping for air. these are not the actions of a man. they are crimes of a monster instead. following the horrors of world war i a century ago civilized nations joined together to ban chemical warfare. chemical weapons are uniquely
grape leaves is my favorite food. anthony: i saw you went for that first. rawan: yeah. anthony: it s delicious. rawan: yeah, it is. we come here a lot, and we talk a lot about syria. we talk about our visa issues most of the time. actually now i have four months left and i really have no idea what am i going to do. anthony: what do you think? will they renew your visa? rawan: so far, i don t think so. anthony: do they arrest you? do they take you to the border and kick you over to the other side? how does that rawan: they would send you back to syria. anthony: what happens if you go back to syria? rawan: most probably die on the way, or some people get arrested or be taken to the army. anthony: how different is damascus from beirut? rawan: oh, it s really, really different. in damascus, i was always afraid of the government. some people died because they cursed the president. i left syria and i found hope