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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Ben Glaze

RAF Hellfire missile strike blows up ISIS unit trying to set up new lair in Iraq

An RAF drone blitzed ISIS terrorists trying to set up a new lair in Iraq.

The unmanned Reaper aircraft deployed on Operation Shader unleashed a barrage of Hellfire missiles after Iraqi security forces spotted an Islamic State unit “attempting to re-establish a presence in an area to the north of Tikrit”, the Ministry of Defence revealed.

Other warplanes from the alliance of Western forces targeting ISIS were also involved.

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