British fighter jets have carried out a second round of airstrikes on ISIS militants in Syria.
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He said: “Last night we saw the RAF Typhoons, which have only just arrived here from Scotland, striking successfully for the first time within 24 hours or so of their arrival, which is a pretty impressive achievement”.
He said Paveway guided bombs were used to hit wellheads in an area where there was “simply infrastructure” and no civilians.
In total eight air strikes were carried out, and reports suggest that they were all successful.
The ministry claimed British capabilities now gather 60 percent of the Coalition’s tactical reconnaissance in Iraq and 30 percent of the intelligence in Syria, with over 800 personnel supporting operations in the campaign to degrade Daesh.
It came immediately after MPs supported the Government’s proposals for intervention in Syria by 397 votes to 223 following a 10-hour debate in the House of Commons on Wednesday.
Secretary of State for Defence Michael Fallon walks under the nose of a Eurofighter Typhoon with Lt General John Lorimer, prior to speaking to pilots and ground crew at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, as RAF jets at the base continue bombing runs over Syria..
Previously British Defence Secretary Michael Fallon briefed Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades on Saturday morning, at the Presidential Palace, about the ongoing British operations to combat terrorism.
“They’ve been making a lot of money out of oil… and their revenue helps to finance their terrorism in Western Europe and is a threat to us in Britain”.
“We face a new kind of enemy that makes no demands, takes no hostages, doesn’t want to negotiate”, he said. It is estimated that Isis sold between 100,000 and 125,000 barrels of oil a day from Iraq before April this year. We are people who choose our Government, accept a Rule of Law, tolerate other religions.
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The Ministry of Defence said the deployment of the Typhoons plus an extra two Tornados offered a significant increase in strike capacity to both the RAF and the wider coalition air campaign. “It’s because of who we are in Britain and the west that we have this particular death cult”, he said.
