Update: air strikes against Daesh

Summary

Thursday

• Wednesday 1110 FebruaryMarch – RAF Typhoons destroyedstruck twoDaesh terrorists based inside caves in northern Iraq.
• Thursday 11 March – Typhoons conducted further attacks on Daesh encampmentsin northern Iraq.
• Friday 12 March – Typhoons struck Daesh targets in caves in northern Iraq.

• Sunday 14 March – Typhoons again attacked Daesh-held caves in northern Iraq.

Detail

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