UK set to launch SAS operations and RAF strikes on ISIS

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Britain set to launch SAS operations and RAF strikes on Isis in Iraq and Syria

The fight against Isis will be intensified with a sharp increase in SAS operations, drone missions and RAF strikes on militant forces in Iraq and Syria, David Cameron will signal today. The Prime Minister will stress his determination to step up military action amid fears that the jihadi group has become entrenched in the two states and is seeking to export its influence to other countries.

RAF Tornados and unarmed Reaper drones have flown more than 1,000 missions in Iraq and Syria and struck more than 300 targets in Iraq since September as part of a US-led coalition.

Mr Cameron has told military top brass he wants them to escalate the action in the two countries and to prioritise special forces and “counter-terrorist capabilities” in defence spending plans for the rest of the decade, to be published in the autumn.

SAS missions could be operated from Britain’s largest-ever warship, HMS Queen Elizabeth. The aircraft carrier, which will also be adapted to launch drone flights, is due to be launched next year.

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