PRESS RELEASE : Defence Update – air strikes against Daesh [October 2022]
The press release issued by the Ministry of Defence on 13 October 2022.
Summary
- Monday 10 October – a Reaper engaged a Daesh terrorist in northern Syria.
Detail
Royal Air Force aircraft have continued to conduct armed reconnaissance patrols against Daesh terrorists. On Monday 10 October, a Reaper remotely piloted aircraft, armed with Hellfire missiles, tracked and, when it was safe to do so without posing a risk to civilians, successfully engaged one such terrorist who was on a motorcycle in northern Syria, near Hamman At Turkumen.
