According to General Mcenzie the Russians were not informed.
The propaganda is being cranked up on both sides. Watching the coverage this morning the reporters on the ground in Damascus were saying the targets were evacuated earlier in the week after Russia passed on details of targets supplied to them by the US.
One of the targets was said to be a storage facility for chemical weapons, how do you blow that up without the chemicals being released?
The key now is what next. You would hope that the facilities have been wiped out but the footage being shown from Syria today is worrying. Seeing Syrian civilians out on the streets protesting against the US, UK and France is not what we want to see when we're supposed to be helping them. They should be welcoming our intervention.
Has to be a concern that big decisions are being made off the cuff. It was only a few days ago Trump was saying the US would be completely removing itself from the Syria conflict, then last night the bombing was the start of a campaign and now, after seemingly being slapped down by the Pentagon, its being referred to as a one off.
And then you have May who is trying to link bombing Syria to the Salisbury poisoning, perhaps to try and give an angle that makes the bombing legal. Seems to be on shaky ground otherwise given that international law only allows for self defence given the lack of a mandate from the UN Security Council.
Ultimately we have to hope the bombing has removed all chemical weapons stores and facilities for building more. If it hasn't, and it genuinely is a one off, all it will have achieved is poking the bear. We really don't want to get drawn in to another war, especially one as complex as this with multiple factions involved. Do we really want to spend months / years fighting Assad.