British Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4 jets carried out a high-precision airstrike against a fortified Daesh tunnel complex in eastern Syria on Saturday evening, January 3, 2026, according to UK defence sources familiar with the operation. Conducted under Operation Shader, the long-running UK campaign against Islamic State remnants, the strike was flown in coordination with French aircraft. It employed Paveway IV precision-guided munitions to neutralise hardened underground infrastructure in complex terrain. Read full Defense Aerospace News at this link ...
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| Illustrative image: RAF Typhoon FGR4 multirole fighter jets equipped with Paveway IV precision-guided bombs during combat operations similar to the January 3, 2026 strike on a fortified Daesh tunnel complex in eastern Syria. (Picture source: UK MoD) |
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