United Kingdom launches airstrikes on ISIS-held oil wells in Syria

Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has been visiting the airbase: “That’s a pretty impressive achievement I mean they only arrived here the previous day, a long flight down from Scotland”.

Amid a backdrop of mounting that coalition military forces may be drawn into the massive airstrikes against the expanding enclave of Jihadists, United Kingdom completed its second wave of bombing raids on Islamic State of Syria and the Levant (ISIS) in Syria.

It said Tornado and Typhoon warplanes from Britain’s air base in Akrotiri, Cyprus conducted eight strikes on targets in the Islamic State (IS) controlled oilfield at Omar in eastern Syria.

The new air campaign was approved in a 397-223 vote, following a 10-hour debate in the British parliament on Tuesday. He told Sky News: “Last night we had the Tornados in action, the Typhoons in action and our unmanned Reapers in action – all of them striking [IS] where it hurts”.

“Air strikes can make a difference in starting to squeeze (IS) back into its heartland, reduce its ability to re-supply and reinforce over in Iraq…and to cut off its sources of revenue”.

“Nobody likes strikes, nobody likes warfare, but when you’re dealing with people who are not negotiating with you but simply want to kill as many Westerners or Brits as possible, then you have to use force”, said Fallon.

“These targets are very carefully selected to minimise any risk to civilians or collateral damage”, he said. “You are now able to hit the Daesh [Arabic acronym for ISIS] on both sides of that border – Syria and in Iraq”.

RAF Tornado fighter jets had already flown an armed patrol over the east of the country “gathering intelligence on terrorist activity”, the Ministry of Defence said.