The United States has recently responded to claims that Syria has been using chemical weapons on civilians. President Trump believed that action should have been taken, which is why the United States launched around 60 tomahawk cruise missiles on April 16. Each weapon weighed 2,900 pounds, and landed at the airbase where Syrian warplanes housed these chemical weapons.

Earlier, on April 13th, the US dropped the largest non-nuclear bomb on Afghanistan at 7:32 pm local time for Afghanistan. It was dropped by MC-130 aircraft operated by air force special operations command. This bomb was 30 feet long and weighed 21,600 pounds. This bomb, “the mother of all bombs”, broke the windows of a local resident’s home almost 2 miles away from the impact. According to CNN.com, this bomb was capable of destroying nine city blocks of area.

The Syrian air strike happened three days later at 3:40 am in Syria. The missiles mostly targeted the country’s aircrafts and hangers. The United States did not want this to get out of hand. But will it?

Technically, the United States was never in a relationship with Syria. In 2001, Syrians started to limit cooperation with United States because of the 9/11 attacks. In 2012, the United States’ relationship was completely suspended due to the Syrian Civil War. On top of all this disapproval, the United States has bombed them many times, and, just like all bombings, this one was severe. Over 85 civilians were killed and hundreds more were injured. With all of this hate, the United States is gaining the disapproval of Syrians and the tensions could be high for quite some time.

Some say the fallout will not be too big because Syrians know what they are doing wrong. However, that is not how it always works. Most of the time, countries will respond with more violence, as a result of another country attacking them.

Syrian locals said 3,000 families had fled the district in the past year since the militant group established its presence. One man said there were no civilians left in the area that the group controlled. As a result, Syrian refugees are facing struggles when they are trying to get into the United States. One struggle is that it is hard for Syrians to learn the English language, so there is no way of communicating. Also, under President Trump, it will be harder for refugees to get into this country, since Trump is not the biggest fan of the Middle East.

Only time will tell if the tensions will be escalated and whether or not the United States will feel the need to respond in the same way.