And in a continuation of operations in Iraq, two Tornados “silenced” a “terrorist” sniper team with a “direct hit” from a Paveway IV guided bomb, it added.
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“But what I’ve been very clear about is that we are going to systematically squeeze and ultimately destroy ISIL and that requires us having a military component to that”, he told CBS, using an acronym for Islamic State, also known as ISIS or Daesh.
Eight attacks were carried out in the latest mission and first reports suggest they were successful, the MoD said.
The UK 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. That criticism has now been answered: Britain and France are putting greater resources into the fight against terrorist hubs in the Middle East. Even Germany, hitherto reluctant to fire a shot in anger, is pledging new military resources. “It is now time for us to do our bit in Syria”, Benn said in a passionate speech which drew applause from lawmakers across the House of Commons.
The Assad government’s complaint was the same as it is with the United States and the rest of its coalition, that they are conducting airstrikes on Syrian territory without permission from the Syrian government and without any attempt to coordinate with them. “It’s because of who we are in Britain and the West that we have this particular death cult”.
Meanwhile, The Guardian reported that one of the Paris gunmen had travelled to London and Birmingham earlier this year, before returning to the continent.
Cameron said ISIS was already posing a threat to the UK.
German Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier described the situation as “too risky, and freedom and stability too fragile, for us to counter each other”.
Abaaoud, 27, a Belgian national of Moroccan descent, is thought to have led 10 other Islamist extremists in the gun and suicide bomb attacks in the French capital last month.
“The ongoing and intense military effort by the Russians to prop up a dictator inside of Syria, that is the root cause of so much chaos, makes it a little ironic for him to be pointing the finger at anyone else”, he said.
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The men were thought to be carrying bogus IDs with the names of Samir Bouzid and Soufiane Kayal.
