--- description: The Pentagon has released satellite photos of the Syrian base the U.S. attacked on Thursday in retaliation to a deadly chemical attack title: The Pentagon Released Satellite Photos of the U.S. Airstrikes on Syria image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6d6d0976c6e972eb/6988c1f2fb4eac5a2d8916da/syria-missile-strike-damage1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Syria](/tag/syria/) ## Syria Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The Pentagon Released Satellite Photos of the U.S. Airstrikes on Syria by [Aric Jenkins](/author/aric-jenkins/) ## Aric Jenkins Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 7, 2017 7:39 PM CUT  A damage assessment image of Shayrat air base in Syria, following U.S. Tomahawk Land Attack Missile strikes on April 7, 2017 from the USS Ross and USS Porter, Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers. A damage assessment image of Shayrat air base in Syria, following U.S. Tomahawk Land Attack Missile strikes on April 7, 2017 from the USS Ross and USS Porter, Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers.DigitalGlobe/U.S. Department of Defense/AP by [Aric Jenkins](/author/aric-jenkins/) ## Aric Jenkins Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 7, 2017 7:39 PM CUT The [Pentagon](http://time.com/4720770/fbi-911-pentagon-attack-photos/ "undefined") has released satellite photos of the Syrian base the [U.S. attacked on Thursday](http://time.com/4730805/syria-airstrikes-map/ "undefined") in retaliation to a [deadly chemical attack](http://time.com/94376/syria-chemical-weapons-facilities-must-be-destroyed-official-says/ "undefined") it believes the Syrian regime committed earlier this week. The photos show the aftermath of nearly 60 cruise missile strikes on the Shayrat airbase in Homs, a city in western Syria. Captions indicate a mix of damaged and completely destroyed aircraft shelters, part of the airbase where the chemical weapons that killed more than 72 people in the town of Khan Sheikhoun were reportedly launched, according to U.S. officials  Damaged aircraft shelters Department of Defense/AP Syrian military officials said the U.S. assault killed seven people, [according to the Associated Press](https://www.apnews.com/8c722fc84cc04eedbc7d16a42151307c/US-strike-on-Syria-is-widely-praised,-but-angers-Russia "undefined"), but the Pentagon maintains that it avoided civilian casualties despite outcry from the Syrian government and Russia, which condemned the airstrike as an “aggression against a sovereign state in violation of international law.”  Post strike areas of impact Department of Defense/AP ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4731467/syria-airstrikes-photos/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4731467/syria-airstrikes-photos/"},"headline":"The Pentagon Released Satellite Photos of the U.S. Airstrikes on Syria","datePublished":"2017-04-07T19:39:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:58:56.612Z","description":"The images reveal the aftermath of the attack","url":"https://time.com/4731467/syria-airstrikes-photos/","keywords":["Syria","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6d6d0976c6e972eb/6988c1f2fb4eac5a2d8916da/syria-missile-strike-damage1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Aric Jenkins","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/aric-jenkins/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6d6d0976c6e972eb/6988c1f2fb4eac5a2d8916da/syria-missile-strike-damage1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US Syria","caption":"US Syria","creditText":"DigitalGlobe/U.S. Department of Defense/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/syria/","name":"Syria"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4731467/syria-airstrikes-photos/","name":"The Pentagon Released Satellite Photos of the U.S. Airstrikes on Syria"}}]}] ```