Saturday, December 5, 2015

RAF jets pound ISIS oil field in Syria


The Ministry of Defense has revealed that RAF jets have targeted another oilfield in the course of their second combat mission in Syria. This was the first time that Typhoons and unmanned Reapers were used in the sortie after Britain launched airstrikes against Islamic State targets in the war-torn country.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 5 Dcember 2015.
The airstrike involved Tornado jets that struck the oilfield, in eastern Syria - the objective was to cut off the militant group's financial supply. The aircraft took of from Britain's base in Cyprus, RAF Akrotiri. Defence Secretary Michael Fallon was was there has described the mission as an "impressive achievement".
There were no reports of civilian casualties following the strikes because the targets had been selected to ensure minimum risk to civilians or collateral damage.

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