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February 9, 2015       Share:    

Source: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/02/08/uk-mideast-crisis-jordan-idUKKBN0LC0HI20150208

Jordan Conducts 56 Air Raids in Three Days Against Islamic State

(Reuters) Suleiman Al-Khalidi - Gen. Mansour al-Jbour, head of the Jordanian airforce, said on Sunday his country's jet fighters had conducted 56 bombing raids in three days against Islamic State militants in northeast Syria, targeting key bases and arms depots. Jordan stepped up its bombing of the jihadist group in response to the brutal killing by Islamic State of a captured Jordanian pilot. Jordan has carried out nearly a fifth of the sorties of the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State in Syria to date, Jbour said.

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