UK Joins Airstrikes in Syria Against ISIS

The jets “employed Paveway IV guided bombs to conduct strikes against six targets within the extensive oilfield at Omar, 35 miles (56km) inside Syria’s eastern border with Iraq”, the statement said.

Speaking during a visit to Bulgaria on Friday, where he met Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, Mr Cameron said the strikes would help bring about a political settlement in Syria because they “take the action to Daesh”.

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.

“There were Ministry of Defence officials who maybe felt scarred after the previous dossier”, the source said.

Secretary of State for Defence Michael Fallon speaks to pilots and ground crew at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, as RAF jets at the base continue bombing runs over Syria..

Neil Coyle, MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark, received a tweet which said “u voted for airstrikes in syria, if i see u round ends” alongside images of knives.

Mr Cameron said the move would be welcomed by Britain’s allies, including Muslim countries which had asked the United Kingdom to become involved, but stressed that degrading IS would take time.

“Whether it [the bombing] has an effect or not will emerge in the next few days”, said an activist with Deir Ezzor is Being Slaughtered Silently, a group documenting Isis crimes and life in the embattled province, operating clandestinely.

It is instructive that its first air strikes were directed against ISIS oil extraction and refining installations, which provide the terrorist group with most of its revenue.

Labour MP Neil Coyle, who complained to police about an alleged death threat he received on Twitter, urged Mr Corbyn to speak out against Momentum.

Sources suggested the first raids on Syria may have cut the amount of oil Isis can sell in half. That figure has declined to between 10,000 to 15,000 barrels from Iraq and 40,000 to 45,000 barrels from Syria after April 2015, at $10 to $15 a barrel.

French foreign minister Laurent Fabius. “That does not mean that Bashar al-Assad must leave even before the transition, but there must be assurances for the future”, he told regional newspaper Le Progrès.

It comes in the wake of last month’s deadly terror attacks in Paris, which were claimed by ISIL.