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[[File:US DoD Him Shinshar Chemical Weapons Storage Site in Syria April 2018.JPG|thumb|Storage facility ]]
[[File:US DoD Him Shinshar Chemical Weapons Bunker in Syria April 2018.JPG|thumb|Bunker]]
The '''Him Shinshar military installation''' was a [[Syrian government]] [[military installation|military site]] located west of [[Homs]], [[Syria]].  During the [[2018 missile strikes against Syria]] during the [[Syrian Civil War]], two sites were targeted in this vicinity at {{coord|34|40|53|N|36|27|58|E}} and {{coord|34|41|42|N|36|32|13|E}}.{{citation needed|reason=Need source for coordinates|date=April 2018}}  According to the [[United States military]], these sites were a "[[chemical weapons]] storage facility" and "chemical weapons bunker facility", respectively.<ref>{{cite press release |last=White |first=Data W. |last2=McKenzie |first2=Kenneth F. Jr. |date=14 April 2018 |title=Department of Defense Press Briefing by Pentagon Chief Spokesperson Dana W. White and Joint Staff Director Lt. Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. in the Pentagon Briefing Room |url=https://www.defense.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript-View/Article/1493749/department-of-defense-press-briefing-by-pentagon-chief-spokesperson-dana-w-whit/ |publisher=[[United States Department of Defense]] |access-date=2018-04-21}}</ref>
Both sites were destroyed during the April 2018 strike, which was led by the [[United States]] with [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[France|French]] participation.<ref>{{cite web|author=Jenny Gathright|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/14/602550478/images-show-3-syrian-chemical-weapons-sites-before-and-after-missile-strikes|title=PHOTOS: 2 Syrian Chemical Weapons Sites Before and After Missile Strikes|publisher=NPR|date=April 14, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Sonne">{{cite web|author=Paul Sonne|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/world/syria-strikes/|title=Details emerge about Syrian sites targeted by U.S.-led airstrikes|newspaper=Washington Post|date=April 15, 2018}}</ref> The U.S. military said following the airstrikes that the Him Shinshar complex was "completely destroyed" in the airstrikes.<ref name="Sonne"/>
==See also==
*[[Barzah scientific research centre]], also targeted during the 2018 bombing
==References==
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[[Category:Buildings and structures in Homs Governorate]]
[[Category:Chemical warfare facilities]]
[[Category:Chemical weapons in the Syrian civil war]]