AdvertisementTrump Orders Syria Airstrikes After 'Assad Choked Out The Lives' Of CiviliansApril 06, 2017Jessica TaylorTom BowmanfacebookEmailThe guided-missile destroyer USS Porter transits the Mediterranean Sea on March 9. The more than 50 Tomahawk missile strikes were carried out against Shayrat air base in Homs province from the USS Porter and USS Ross in the Eastern Mediterranean. (U.S. Navy)