File:USS Donald Cook outside Tartus 9 April 2018.jpg


 * Source
 * Photo by Babak Taghvaee
 * Babak Taghvaee @BabakTaghvaee on Twiitter, April 9, 2018 15:52 UTC
 * ''BREAKING: @USNavy USS Donald Cook (DDG-75) Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer is now in its position in East #MediterraneanSea within 100km from #Tartus & almost 90km from Tripoli, #Lebanon. It will probably launch 60 BGM-109 Tomahawks at #Syria tonight. @USNavyEurope
 * ''I am the source & this is my picture as an evidence!

Escalation?

 * BNL NEWS @BreakingNLive on Twitter, April 9, 2018 21:03 UTC
 * ''BREAKING NEWS: USSDonaldCook has deployed off the coast of Syria. Russian fighter jets have begun to harass the vessel with multiple low passes.
 * '' #Douma
 * ''DEVELOPING