Operation Shader: Nine years of fighting so-called Islamic State

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Published on August 22, 2023 5:00:17 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6LxwbEQIKY

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Since 2014, the RAF have flown missions over Syria and Iraq, against so called-Islamic State.

The first combat missions were flown from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus in September that year and named Operation Shader, the UK's contribution to the US-led Operation Inherent Resolve.

Nine years on, the UK remains the second largest contributor to the international mission, behind the US.

Sofie Cacoyannis reports.

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