Michael Fallon, the Defence Secretary, said Typhoon jets were used on Friday night, alongside unmanned Reaper drones and Tornados, as the terrorists were made to feel “the full force of the RAF”.
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British lawmakers approved the bombing of Islamic State targets in Syria on Thursday.
The British decision to contribute to the air strikes on Syria, reached after an anguished political debate in London, has also put to rest longer-term USA worries about the reliability of what used to be the United States’ most stalwart European ally.
That comes as Russian Federation continues to carry out an independent air campaign in Syria, which it steadfastly maintains is aimed at Daesh and other terrorist groups, but which the U.S.-led coalition has said is targeting foes of Moscow’s Syrian ally, President Bashar al-Assad.
A British Tornado warplane lands at the RAF Akrotiri, a British air base near costal city of Limassol, Cyprus, on Thursday after arriving from an airstrike against ISIS targets in Syria.
“There are plenty more of these targets throughout eastern, northern Syria which we hope to be striking in the next few days and weeks”, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said.
“The threat from the Daesh [Islamic State] is a threat to Britain”, he said.
Air strikes against Isil in Syria began just hours after David Cameron won a vote in the Commons authorising the action.
British Tornado bombers have wiped off millions from Islamic State’s multi-billion war-chest in their first mission against the terror network in Syria. “They looked at the latest text and said that (the 70,000 figure) could become the “45 minutes” moment of this document”.
Coalition aircraft carried out two strikes against an oil field well head near Abu Kamal, Syria, and six strikes against an oil and gas separation plant near Dayr az Zawr, Syria, the statement by the coalition said.
The Obama administration also faces increasing pressure to act following the November 13 Paris attacks that have raised fears over security in Western nations and prompted France, Britain and Germany to boost their role in the U.S.-led coalition fighting the Islamic State. And it derives from Syria.
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It has also spawned ISIS-affiliates in countries like Egypt and Libya, which are far afield of the US bombing campaign.
