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UK s Royal Air Force in operation to clear ISIS stronghold in Iraq
The operation began when ISIS extremists were confirmed to be based in a network of caves in the Makhmur mountains and concluded on March 22.
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LONDON: Missiles and bombs were used to clear a stronghold of the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group in northern Iraq as part of a joint operation with ground forces in the region, the UK’s Royal Air Force (RAF) said on Thursday.
In an operation lasting 10 days during March, the Iraqi Security Forces ground troops cleared ISIS terrorists from the Makhmur Mountain region, south-west from Erbil, while RAF and other Global Coalition aircraft carried out a major air offensive in support.
RAF clears IS stronghold in Northern Iraq
British forces carried out a series of airstrikes over ten days, targeting complexes in the Makhmur Mountain region, south-west of Erbil
8 April 2021 • 6:00am
Paveway IV bombs and three Typhoon FGR4s using Storm Shadow cruise missiles, the first operational use of such a missile from a Typhoon FGR4 aircraft, conducted the attack
Credit: Cpl Tim Laurence/PA
An Islamic State stronghold in Northern Iraq has been cleared by the RAF as military personnel involved in the mission said the attack will have a “psychological effect” on the terror group s “ability to fight in the future”.
RAF supports 10-day assault on the Islamic State in Iraq
08 April 2021
by Gareth Jennings
The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) supported a 10-day assault on Islamic State positions in Iraq, undertaking the service’s most intense bombing campaign in recent months.
An RAF Typhoon carrying a pair of Storm Shadows on what was the aircraft’s first operational use of the long-range cruise missile. (Crown Copyright)
Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 combat aircraft operating out of RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus supported other allied air units and Iraqi ground forces during the operation in March, which targeted Islamic State fighters in the Makhmur Mountain region of northern Iraq.