A second night of bombing raids against ISIS began this evening after David Cameron warned that the fight against terror in Syria will ‘take some time’ and the Defence Secretary suggested that Britain could be embroiled in war for years.
This morning, seven precision-guided 500lb Paveway bombs were dropped on ISIS-controlled oil fields during two separate raids by Tornado jets flying out from RAF Akrotiri, in Cyprus, destroying a vital source of ISIS’s oil supply, thought to be worth millions of pounds.
The MoD said that the raids, launched less than an hour after MPs overwhelmingly authorised action in a vote last night, appeared to be ‘successful’ as military sources vowed to target ‘the head of the snake’ as the campaign to wreck ISIS infrastructure in Syria continued this evening.
Two more Tornado jets have flown out from Cyprus for more bombing raids against ISIS targets tonight and more strikes are expected tomorrow.
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said, ‘We are going after them,’ but added that the campaign ‘is not going to be quick’, suggesting it will last for years rather than months as he hailed the crunch Commons vote which saw a majority of 174 MPs back ‘action to tackle this menace’.
Source: DailyMail
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