WATCH: Scared ISIS OBLITERATED by devastating fighter jet STRIKE in Syria
AN ISIS base in Hajin, Syria, has been dismantled by an Iraqi airstrike on Thursday, as tensions continue to rise between the Assad regime, the US and the western world.
ISIS building obliterated by fighter jet in Syria
A video of the Iraqi airstrike, published by Ruptly, shows the ISIS site in Syria crumbling as it gets hit by the Iraqi airstrike.
Iraq launched the airstrike in Syria on Thursday in coordination with Assad's Syrian army triggering fears of a new anti-Western Axis forming in the region.
The airstrike came after the UK and France joined Donald Trump in a US-led attack in Damascus against the Assad regime.
Iraq's latest missile campaign comes after Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi indicated he may engage more heavily in military interventions against ISIS in Syria, threatening the already volatile geopolitical relations between the US and Iran.
ISIS news: Jihadists base destroyed by Iraqi airstrike in Syria
Prime Minister Abadi commented on the airstrikes, saying: “Our heroic armed forces carried out deadly airstrikes on Thursday against positions of ISIS terrorist gangs in Syria by the Iraqi border.
“The strikes against ISIS gangs were conducted due to the risk posed by these gangs against Iraqi territory.
“This demonstrates the increased capabilities of our valiant armed forces in the pursuit and elimination of terrorism.”
The Prime Minister praised the Iraqi army for saving lives and helping to reduce the threat of terror.
Footage of US aircraft carrier where pilots hit ISIS targets
The strikes against ISIS were conducted due to the risk posed by these gangs against Iraqi territory
He said: “Our heroic forces and fighters, in their pursuit of terrorist gangs, saved many lives and thwarted ISIS plans, dismantling its terrorist death machine.
“These strikes will help speed up the elimination of these gangs in the region after we eliminated them in Iraq.”
US President Donald Trump recently made his opposition to Russia and the Assad regime clear, tweeting: “Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at Syria.
“Get ready Russia, because they will be coming, nice and new and ‘smart!’
“You shouldn’t be partners with a Gas Killing Animal who kills his people and enjoys it!”
The US supports Iraq’s military campaign against ISIS, but opposes any collaboration with the Assad regime which it has accused of engaging in war crimes, including the latest alleged chemical weapons attack in Douma.
Iraq’s alleged coordination of the airstrikes with the Syrian government poses the threat of escalating tensions between the US and Russia and Iran.