UK begins air strikes on Syria
Four British Tornado bombers from the RAF Akrotiri air base in Cyprus have struck six targets in oilfields around Deir al-Zawr in eastern Syria
Control and
support for Daesh
(so-called Islamic State)
Oil
fields
Kurdish
control
Coalition
base
UK
base
Russian
base
TURKEY
Diyarbakir
Irbil
Incirlik
Aleppo
Raqqa
RAF Akrotiri
Jabsah
Khmeimim
Mosul
Latakia
SYRIA
Jafra
Hama
Kirkuk
Omar
Homs
Tanak
Deir
al-Zawr
Tikrit
CYPRUS
Ramadi
Palmyra
LEBANON
Al Asad
Damascus
IRAQ
ISRAEL
Habbaniyah
Baghdad
Muwaffaq Salti
JORDAN
Paveway laser-
guided bomb
SAUDI ARABIA
Sources: Associated Press, Reuters
© GRAPHIC NEWS
UK begins air strikes on Syria
Four British Tornado bombers from the RAF Akrotiri air base in Cyprus have struck six targets in oilfields around Deir al-Zawr in eastern Syria
CYPRUS
RAF Akrotiri
Dec 3: First British air strikes against Daesh –
so-called Islamic State
Control and
support for Daesh
Oil fields
Kurdish control
Coalition base
UK base
Russian base
Diyarbakir
Incirlik
TURKEY
Jabsah
Khmeimim
Aleppo
Jafra
Omar
SYRIA
Tanak
Deir
al-Zawr
CYPRUS
LEBANON
IRAQ
Damascus
Al Asad
ISRAEL
Med. Sea
Muwaffaq Salti
100km
JORDAN
SAUDI ARABIA
60 miles
Range:
Speed:
Cost:
1,390km
Mach 1.3
$32-33m each
Tornado GR4
Length:
Aircrew:
16.7m
2
Paveway laser-
guided bomb
Sources: Associated Press, Reuters
© GRAPHIC NEWS
UK begins air strikes on Syria
Four British Tornado bombers from the RAF Akrotiri air base in Cyprus have struck six targets in oilfields around Deir al-Zawr in eastern Syria
CYPRUS
RAF Akrotiri
Dec 3: First British air strikes against Daesh – so-called
Islamic State
Control and
support for Daesh
Kurdish control
Coalition base
Oil fields
UK base
Russian base
TURKEY
Diyarbakir
Incirlik
Khmeimim
Aleppo
Deir al-Zawr
SYRIA
LEB.
Damascus
ISRAEL
Al Asad
Med.
Sea
Muwaffaq Salti
100km
JORDAN
SAUDI
ARABIA
60 miles
Tornado GR4
Paveway laser-guided
bomb
Sources: Associated Press, Reuters
© GRAPHIC NEWS
MILITARY
British bombers strike Daesh oil fields
December 3, 2015 - British bombers made their first strikes on Syria on Thursday, just hours after Britain's parliament voted to target Daesh -- so-called Islamic State -- in Syria. Four Tornado bombers took off from the RAF Akrotiri air base in Cyprus and made strikes on six targets in oilfields around Deir al-Zawr in eastern Syria.