British fighter jets have eliminated two cells of Islamic State fighters with a bombing raid on caves in northern Iraq. RAF Typhoons launched laser-guided missiles on a network of extremist hideouts near the city of Bayji, 130 miles north of Baghdad.
Defence chiefs say they carried out the strike to stamp out an ISIS uprising in the region. A Ministry of Defence spokesman said: “Royal Air Force aircraft have been able to continue regular armed reconnaissance missions to support the enduring work of the Iraqi security forces to prevent any resurgence of the Daesh terrorist movement within their country.” British forces launched an operation last Sunday after coalition surveillance planes discovered ISIS fighters hiding in two caves a mile
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