Civilians in the town where Bashar al-Assad gassed 87 people to death earlier this week say the dictator is trying to wipe them out with fresh airstrikes.

Aya Fadl, 25, a mother who lives in Khan Sheikhoun with her husband and 20-month-old son, said that Assad is trying to kill everyone that survived the chemical attack.

Mrs Fadl spent Saturday sheltering in the basement of her house in Khan Sheikhoun as she claimed 24 bombing raids were carried out in just 24 hours.

The strikes were launched from Shayrat airbase, which was operational again hours after it was hit by cruise missiles launched on the orders of President Trump.

Aya Fadl, a mother from Khan Sheikhoun, the town that was gassed by Assadf earlier this week, says the dictator is trying to wipe her town out in revenge for Trump's missile strike

The 25-year-old (pictured) was lucky to survive the gas attack after inhaling a nerve agent, believed by many to be sarin gas

Mrs Fadl says she spent Friday night in the basement of her home with her husband and son (pictured), sleeping in the same room so that if a bomb hits, they will die together

In total, Mrs Fadl lost 20 members of her family during the Sarin attack, including second cousins Aya and Ahmad (pictured with father Abdul Hamid Youssef)

Mrs Fadl told Daily Mail Online : 'They bombed the city and the surrounding areas again. They will not stop. There were 24 raids on Saturday.

'I'm so scared. I can't do anything. There is no safety left here. Every time I hear these terrible sounds I feel awful and my son cries.

'He is bombing our city wildly. He will not stop. He is trying to wipe us out. We really need help. I see death everywhere and every minute.'

She believes that Assad will use chemical weapons again because 'there is no deterrent', adding: 'It will be like so many times before. No action stops him.'

While Mrs Fadl said she wants to leave the city, she feels there is no safe place left to go - and even if there was, she has no way of getting there.

Born and raised in Khan Sheikhoun, Mrs Fadl studied at the University of Aleppo before returning to her hometown, according to her social media.

The young mother lost more than 20 members of her family during the gas attack on Tuesday, and is still suffering the effects of inhaling a nerve agent, believed by many to be sarin.

Aya and Ahmad, the twins pictured being buried by their distraught father Abdul Hamid Youssef, were her second cousins.

The strikes against Khan Sheikhoum were carried out from Shayrat airbase, which was active again just hours after it was bombed on the orders of Donald Trump

Pro-Russia activists and Assad troops were keen to show off the airbase functioning on social media just hours after it was hit by Tomahawk missiles

Distressing pictures taken on the day of the attack show Mrs Fadl laid out on a bed with a gas mask strapped to her face.

When she heard of Trump's strike on Friday, in which 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles were launched at the airbase used to carry out the chemical attack, Mrs Fadl said at first she was happy.

But joy soon turned to fear after she realised Assad would seek revenge against the only people he has the power to strike - the innocents living in her town.

By Friday afternoon the Shayrat airbase was operational again, according to videos posted by pro-Russia and pro-Assad groups on social media.

Footage shows Sukhoi jets taking off from the runway, destined for bombing missions across Idlib province, including in Mrs Fadl's neighbourhood.

The bombing came a day after the US ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, said Assad can 'no longer get away' with killing civilians.

Destruction: This image shows a bombed cereals silo, just 50 meters from the residential area in Khan Shaykhun

Damage: Assad's warplanes hit the silo just on the outskirts of the small town last night

Syrian opposition activists say the warplanes struck the eastern side of Khan Sheikhoun, killing a woman and wounding another person.

The United States has vowed to keep up the pressure on Syria after a wave of missile strikes despite the prospect of escalating Russian dissatisfaction that could further inflame the conflict.

The US signalled new sanctions would follow and the Pentagon was probing whether Russia was involved in the chemical weapons assault that compelled US president Donald Trump to action.

The attack against a Syrian air base was the first US assault against the government of President Bashar Assad.

Much of the international community rallied behind Mr Trump's decision in reaction to this week's chemical weapons attack that killed dozens of people in Syria.

But a spokesman for Russian president Vladimir Putin warned the strikes dealt 'a significant blow' to relations between Moscow and Washington.

President Assad ordered a gas attack on the town of Khan Sheikhoun which killed 87

This map shows where the town of Khan Sheikhoun is in relation to Shayrat airfield

A key test comes next week when secretary of state Rex Tillerson becomes the first Trump Cabinet member to visit Russia.

Foreign Minister Boris Johnson had planned to visit Russia this week but decided to cancel the trip because of fast-moving events in Syria.

At the United Nations on Friday, Russia's deputy ambassador Vladimir Safronkov strongly criticized what he called the US 'flagrant violation of international law and an act of aggression'.

He said its 'consequences for regional and international security could be extremely serious'.

He called the Assad government a main force against terrorism and said it deserved the presumption of innocence over the chemical weapons attack.

The US ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, said the world is waiting for the Russian government 'to act responsibly in Syria' and 'reconsider its misplaced alliance with Bashar Assad'.

Speaking during an emergency Security Council session, she said the US was prepared to take further action in Syria but hoped it would not be necessary.

In Florida with the president, treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin said additional economic sanctions on Syria were being prepared.