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The Him Shinshar military installation was a Syrian government military site located west of
The Him Shinshar military installation was a Syrian government military site located west of Homs
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, Syria. During the 2018 missile strikes against Syria
On 14 April 2018, beginning at 04:00 Syrian time (UTC+3), the United States, France, and the United Kingdom carried out a series of military strikes involving aircraft and ship-based missiles against multiple government sites in Syria during ...
during the Syrian Civil War, two sites were targeted in this vicinity at and . According to the United States military
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, these sites were a "chemical weapons
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storage facility" and "chemical weapons bunker facility", respectively.
Both sites were destroyed during the April 2018 strike, which was led by the United States
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with British
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and French participation. The U.S. military said following the airstrikes that the Him Shinshar complex was "completely destroyed" in the airstrikes.
See also
*Barzah scientific research centre
The Barzah scientific research centre, also known as the Barzah Scientific Research Facility, is a facility of the Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Center (SSRC or CERS) located in Barzeh, Syria, Barzeh, Damascus. Several buildings at the ce ...
, also targeted during the 2018 bombing
References
{{Reflist Buildings and structures in Homs Governorate Chemical warfare facilities Chemical weapons in the Syrian civil war