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Hours after British Members of Parliament (MP) voted in favour of UK action in Syria, RAF Tornado jets have carried out their first air strikes against so-called Islamic state in Syria.
According to BBC, MPs backed the British military action by 397 votes to 223 after a 10-hour debate in the House of Commons.
Shortly after the vote, four tornado jets took off from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus.
An official of the Ministry of Defence, Michael Fallon, says the sorties have returned from the “first offensive operation over Syria and have conducted strikes”.
He added that the ministry would be assessing the damage done by the bombing later, stating that the aim was to strike “a very real blow on the oil and revenue on which Daesh depends”.
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