3 VIDEOS, UK Warplanes Attack ISIS Oilfields in Syria For Second Time

Sat Dec 5, 2015 16:04:33

UK air force targeted Daesh-held oilfields in Syria by its Typhoons and Reaper drones for second round of attacks.

The footage was recorded from the cockpit of one of the planes, as two Typhoons and two Tornado jets were sent from the British military base RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus in the renewed attacks last night.

Earlier RAF Tornado fighter jets flew an armed patrol over the east of the country 'gathering intelligence on terrorist activity', the Ministry of Defence said.

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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UK says two Tornados 'silenced' a 'terrorist' sniper team with a 'direct hit' from a Paveway IV guided bomb

The news comes as Russian air force has struck nearly 1,500 targets all over Syria over the past nine days, the military said, its bombers now flying under cover of strategic fighter jets following the downing of a plane by Turkey last week, Daily Mail reports.

Defence ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said in a briefing that the Russian air contingent carried out 431 sorties and bombed 1458 targets in several regions of Syria, without mentioning whether any of them were affiliated with the Islamic State jihadist group.

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Russian air force has struck nearly 1,500 targets all over Syria over the past week

Among the targets was a 'command post' near the town of Khnaifess in the Homs region, and a 'large ammunitions stockpile' near Morek in Hama region, which was captured from the Syrian army in early November.

The airstrikes also 'destroyed a large militant base' at a strategic location near Kassab in Latakia region, leading to Syrian army 'taking the high ground,' the ministry said.

In Hama region, the airstrikes 'liquidated' several field commanders near rebel-held Latamina, and bombed several strategic high-ground locations, including Hazm al-Abyad.

Some 40 large trucks and cisterns 'used to transport oil' were destroyed during strikes on two groups of vehicles near Aleppo and Raqqa, while elsewhere 12 oil pumping stations and eight oil fields were targeted.

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