07/04/2017 Newsround

Hello, I'm Leah, and welcome to Newsround.

First this afternoon the UK government says it supports

President Donald Trump's decision to fire missiles at Syria.

Last night, America launched an attack on a Syrian military base

because many countries and experts believe Syria used poisonous

weapons, which is against the law, on a town earlier in the week.

The Syrian government and its allies say it didn't.

Now Newsround has been reporting on all the different things that

have been happening in Syria for a long time.

So here's Ricky with how we've come to this point.

OK, so let's take a closer look at what's going on in Syria.

The country is here in the Middle East.

Close to Turkey, Lebanon and Iraq.

The trouble began in 2011 and for six years heavy fighting has

destroyed much of the country.

Well, it's hard to give one clear reason.

But we do know that there are different groups trying

to take control of Syria.

And they're against this man, Syria's President Assad.

Rebel groups have all sorts of different ideas and views

about the way the country should be run.

There is also the group that calls itself Islamic State who are very

extreme and also run parts of Iraq.

Many countries have got involved in Syria's war.

The biggest two are Russia and America.

Russia supports the Syrian government and thinks

President Assad should stay in charge.

The US blames Syria's President for a lot of what's going on.

But they haven't always been clear about what they

want to do about him.

Well, in the last few years many families have been forced

to leave their homes.

Hundreds of thousands of Syrians have died and millions more

have left all together.

This is part of the reason there are so many refugees from the country.

The US President Donald Trump has ordered new attacks on Syria

because he believes that President Assad used

chemical weapons to kill many people in Syria.

For many countries around the world using chemical weapons

is totally unacceptable.

But the Russians have criticised Trump's attacks and said that

President Assad didn't use any chemical weapons.

The UK government say they support America but right now British armed

forces aren't involved.

If you want to know more about what is happening in Syria

there's lots of information in our online guide,

which also explains what chemical weapons are and why there's such

shock and anger when they're used.

And if you're worried by this story or by anything you see in the news,

there's also loads of advice over at Newsround online.

Now, is it ever OK for you to take time off school to go on holiday?

It's a question we've been asking you today after the top court

in the UK ruled that it wasn't.

Loads of you have got in touch with your views about this.

Thanks for all your comments, guys.

And finally, Harry Styles' first ever song without the rest

of One Direction has come out today.

So we asked some of you what you really thought of it.

# It's a sign of the times #.

It wasn't what I expected.

I expected something a bit better.

Sad but lively at the same time.

If I was with my friends I would really listen to it

because it is really slow.

One Direction was more like happy and joyful and it made better songs,

then when they separated, because when they separated they all

started releasing sad songs.

I like it but I feel like his voice goes too high.

I like that he is not part of a group no more,

he is doing it solo by himself.

I would give it two out of five.

Two out of five.

3.5 out of five.

Three out of five.

4.5 out of five.

Four out of five.

One out of five.

Newsround's back in the morning, guys.

Have a great weekend.