Large Islamic State HQ in Raqqa pounded by RAF Tornados while Syrian rebels encircled city
RAF BOMBERS have destroyed a large Islamic State HQ near its self-styled capital in Syria.
RAF bombers have destroyed a large Islamic State HQ near its self-styled capital in Syria
Two Tornados flying from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus struck near Raqqa on Sunday while Syrian rebels encircled the city.
The raid was carried out despite poor visibility, underlining the urgent need to take out the target.
Syrian rebels encircled the city
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The raid was carried out despite poor visibility, underlining the urgent need to take out the target
The attacks are part of a systematic series of raids by the US-led Coalition in support of local forces.
In the past two years RAF warplanes and drones have carried out 1,100 strikes against IS, second only to the US.
An MoD spokesman said: “The attack had to be delivered through heavy cloud, but both of the target buildings were destroyed by direct hits.”
Meanwhile RAF Typhoons destroyed an IS tunnel system in Iraq 30 miles west of the Kurdish city of Kirkuk.
Britain is also turning its attention to an Al Qaeda affiliate in Syria – Jabhat Fateh al-Sham – which the MoD says is “a terrorism threat to the UK”.