--- description: Satellite images show the destruction caused by coalition airstrikes on a chemical facility in Syria title: Satellite Images Show Syria Site Before and After Airstrike image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfaf9b81d550d90ca/69892db3ab6d7782f16b260e/image-uploaded-from-ios-1.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 # Satellite Images Show a Research Center in Syria Before and After Airstrikes by [Casey Quackenbush](/author/casey-quackenbush/) ## Casey Quackenbush Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 16, 2018 5:13 AM CUT  This satellite image, taken Monday morning, shows the Barzah Research and Development Center in Damascus after it was struck by coalition forces on Friday. This satellite image, taken Monday morning, shows the Barzah Research and Development Center in Damascus after it was struck by coalition forces on Friday.satellite image © 2018 DigitalGlobe, a Maxar company by [Casey Quackenbush](/author/casey-quackenbush/) ## Casey Quackenbush Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 16, 2018 5:13 AM CUT Before dawn on Saturday, a coalition of U.S., U.K. and French forces launched [more than 100 missiles](http://time.com/5240513/syrian-air-strikes-allies-next/ "undefined") targeting three chemical facilities in Syria in [retaliation](http://time.com/5240164/syria-missile-strikes-donald-trump-chemical-weapons/ "undefined") for an apparent chemical attack that killed dozens of civilians on April 7\. New satellite images show a glimpse of the damage done by the strike. A photograph released Sunday by DigitalGlobe, an American company that specializes in space imaging, appears to show what remains of the Barzah Research and Development Center in Damascus after being struck. According to a Pentagon official, targets were selected that participated in the research, development and deployment of chemical weapons. Here’s what the Barzah site looked like before and after the strike:  The Barzah Research and Development Center in Damascus, Syria, before it was struck by coalition forces on Saturday. Satellite image © 2018 DigitalGlobe, a Maxar company.  This satellite image, taken Monday morning, shows the Barzah Research and Development Center in Damascus after it was struck by coalition forces on Friday. Satellite image © 2018 DigitalGlobe, a Maxar company A total of [76 missiles were launched](https://www.defense.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript-View/Article/1493749/department-of-defense-press-briefing-by-pentagon-chief-spokesperson-dana-w-whit/ "undefined") on the Barzah site, according to Lt. Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., Department of Defense Joint Staff Director. “This is going to set the Syrian chemical weapons program back for years,” McKenzie said in a press briefing. Syria [condemned the attack](https://sana.sy/en/?p=134232 "undefined") as a “flagrant violation of the international law,” according to Syria’s official SANA news agency. 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