Military Reports

Military Reports

UK MoD for August 10, 2016 – August 11, 2016
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Report Date

August 11, 2016

Wednesday 10 August – a Reaper assisted Syrian democratic forces in close combat near Manbij. Typhoons attacked an armed truck in western Iraq…On Wednesday 10 August, a Reaper patrolled over Manbij, where Syrian democratic forces have cleared Daesh from much of the town. The Reaper intervened in close combat that developed just to the north of Manbij and successfully used Hellfires to clear two groups of extremists engaged in a fire fight with the Syrian moderates. Over Iraq, Typhoons bombed an armed truck concealed under trees some miles to the south-east of Hit. A number of secondary explosions followed as associated ammunition caught fire.

Report Date

August 11, 2016

Wednesday 10 August – a Reaper assisted Syrian democratic forces in close combat near Manbij. Typhoons attacked an armed truck in western Iraq…On Wednesday 10 August, a Reaper patrolled over Manbij, where Syrian democratic forces have cleared Daesh from much of the town. The Reaper intervened in close combat that developed just to the north of Manbij and successfully used Hellfires to clear two groups of extremists engaged in a fire fight with the Syrian moderates. Over Iraq, Typhoons bombed an armed truck concealed under trees some miles to the south-east of Hit. A number of secondary explosions followed as associated ammunition caught fire.