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UK: British warplanes bomb ISIS to support Iraqi push on Mosul

AKROTIRI -- British Tornado and Typhoon aircraft stationed at a UK air base in Cyprus are pounding ISIS targets ahead of a major offensive by Iraqi security forces next month to recapture the key northern city of Mosul from ISIS militants, a senior Royal Air Force officer says.

 

Air Commodore Sammy Sampson said Iraqi forces are confident they can retake the country's second-largest city from ISIS and that British warplanes will provide the needed support to get the job done.

 

"We'll stand by them. We'll support them. We will make it do-able for them," Sampson told reporters Thursday on a guided tour of the RAF Akrotiri base's operations.

 


פרסום ראשון: 09.24.16, 08:20