DRONE STRIKE RAF drone wiped out an IS jihadi on a motorbike after tracking him through Syria
The unmanned aircraft began tailing the motorcycle-riding fighter in Sarmada, near the border with Turkey
Jerome Starkey, Defence Editor
Published: 21:19, 28 Jun 2025Updated: 21:19, 28 Jun 2025

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AN RAF drone wiped out an IS jihadi on a motorbike after tracking him through Syria, The Sun on Sunday can reveal.

The Islamist terrorist was taken out by a Hellfire missile fired from the £24million Reaper drone.

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The unmanned aircraft began tailing the motorcycle-riding fighter in Sarmada, near the border with Turkey, after intelligence identified him as a “known member” of IS.

The Ministry of Defence told The Sun on Sunday in a statement: “The Reaper’s crew carefully tracked the terrorist on his motorcycle.

"Having checked that there were no signs of civilians nearby who might be placed at risk, [they] conducted a successful engagement, striking the motorcycle and eliminating the terrorist.”

Sources added the remotely-operated drone’s crew were “extremely careful” to wait for a “gap” during the trailing of the terrorist.

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The took him out when no other traffic or pedestrians were within a clear radius of him.

It is understood they had been monitoring him for “some time” before firing the Hellfire missile at him.