The US airstrike in Syria almost completely destroyed an airbase and killed four Syrian soldiers, a human rights group said early Friday.

The 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles that barraged the al-Shayrat air base on Thursday night damaged over a dozen hangars, a fuel depot and an air defense base, according to Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

At least four soldiers, including a general, were killed in the attack.

Talal Barazi, the governor of Homs province, said that a blazing inferno still raged in the air base for over an hour following the barrage of missiles.

Barazi said that the injured were still being evacuated from the base.