On the morning of April 7, Beijing time, foreign media reported that the United States launched a military strike against Syria and fired about 60 cruise missiles at Syria. This is the first time since 20 1 1 that the United States has directly attacked Syrian government forces, and it is also the first major military action since the new US President Trump took office.

In a statement, U.S. Defense Department spokesman Jeff Davis confirmed that the U.S. military launched 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at various targets at Shojaei Lat military airport in Homs province in central Syria, including airplanes, reinforced aircraft bunkers, runways, oil and logistics warehouses, ammunition supply bunkers, air defense systems and radars.

The US military attacked Syria, the global stock market plummeted, gold crude oil soared, and the US dollar index plummeted to 100.553. In troubled times, investors have the strongest demand for hedging. The main contract of COMEX gold futures on NYSE fluctuated slightly, and suddenly the volume soared, with an increase of 10: 55 1268.40 USD/oz, Beijing time. This is also the highest price of gold futures 20 17. The escalation of the geopolitical situation led to a short-term surge in crude oil, and oil prices hit a new high of 1 month.