RAF pulled off four successful air strikes against ISIS in Iraq this month, MoD says
THE RAF pulled off four successful air strikes against IS this month, the MoD has revealed.
They were conducted over northern Iraq and all hit their terrorist targets, military chiefs have confirmed.
The strikes come after two similar operations in April, which were the UK’s first such activity in seven months.
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said the UK Armed Forces continued to support the Iraq government’s fight against the Islamic terror group. Mr Wallace said: “These strikes are another example of how the UK Armed Forces protect our nation and allies, every single day, from all those who seek to do us harm.”
The MoD revealed an RAF Reaper drone destroyed an IS bunker in northern Iraq on May 8. Two days later a pair of Typhoons struck targets in the same region.
On May 13, Reapers hit two IS bunkers and destroyed a group of terrorists ten days later. The MoD insisted that steps were taken to ensure civilians were not put at risk from its operations.
The RAF helped liberate the last territory held by IS in March 2019.
It has since flown daily armed patrols to prevent it re-establishing footholds in Iraq or Syria.
And it remained ready to strike whenever required, the MoD said.
Last month Typhoon jets wiped out six caves in northern Iraq, killing about ten militants.
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The missions are part of Operation Shader, a multinational co-operation against IS.
Since 2014 RAF strikes have killed more than 4,000 Islamist militants and injured 300 in Iraq and Syria.
The RAF is estimated to have dropped 4,215 explosive weapons in the region.
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