Britain carries out first airstrikes on IS group targets in Iraq

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Britain’s Royal Air Force has carried out its first airstrikes against the Islamic State (IS) group in Iraq, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said on Tuesday.

© AFP/ STR | Royal Air Force (RAF) Tornado GR4 fighter jets on September 27, 2014 -AFP photo

Tornado jets destroyed an IS heavy weapons post and a machine gun-mounted vehicle, the defence ministry said in tweets. -AFp