RAF Tornados Hit IS With Fresh Airstrikes

British jets have hit more Islamic State targets in Iraq as calls grow for further strikes against the group's Syrian strongholds.

Two RAF Tornados fired four Brimstone missiles against an armed pick-up truck and minibus west of Baghdad, the Ministry of Defence said.

It is the second time UK forces have directly engaged Islamic State (IS) since Parliament authorised involvement in the international military campaign last week.

Defence Secretary Michael Fallon last night confirmed that two Tornado GR4s from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus successfully destroyed a heavy weapons post and pick-up lorry with a mounted machine gun.

The MoD released footage of the aerial raids in support of Kurdish troops who were being attacked by IS insurgents in the northwest of the country.

The UK is supporting Iraqi and Kurdish forces battling Sunni Muslim extremists from IS, also known as ISIL and ISIS, which has taken over large parts of Iraq in recent months.

Despite IS also seizing territory in Syria, a vote in Parliament on Friday did not include the authorisation of airstrikes over the country.

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