RAF clears Daesh stronghold in Iraq in support of an Iraqi Security Force operation
A Daesh stronghold in northern Iraq has been cleared as part of Operation Shader, the Ministry of Defence has announced today. The RAF has carried out a series of air strikes working in support of the Iraqi Security Forces ground operations. Operation Shader remains essential to dismantling Daesh’s networks and reducing the terrorist group’s global ambitions.
From: RAF Typhoon armed with Storm Shadow missiles.
In an operation lasting 10 days in March this year, the Iraqi Security Forces ground troops cleared Daesh terrorists from the Makhmur Mountain region, south-west from Erbil, while RAF and other coalition aircraft carried out a major air offensive.