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Tornados Return to Cyprus After Mission in Iraq

RAF Tornados have returned from their fifth combat mission over Iraq as Islamic State fighters take up positions just miles from the capital Baghdad.
 
There have been fierce clashes in recent days between the extremists and Iraqi government forces.
 
Britain's contribution to the air campaign is operating out of RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, from where Simon Newton reports.

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