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WATCH: RAF Tornados Destroy Fortified IS Positions

The Ministry of Defence has released footage of airstrikes on two Islamic State fortified positions near Sinjar, Iraq.

Tornado GR4s, operating from RAF Akrotiri, were able, despite bad weather, to use Paveway IV guided bombs to hit their targets.

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It came as part of preparations for a Kurdish attack on November 5, with these allies confirming that both terrorist positions had been destroyed after the strikes.

Kurdish fighters have now entered Sinjar, with the Kurdistan Regional Security Council saying in a tweet that Peshmerga forces had entered "from all directions" and were clearing the town of IS.

Click below for the latest from Forces TV's Simon Newton, who reports from RAF Akrotiri, Britain's base of operations in the fight against IS.

RAF Tornado GR4 and Reaper aircraft have been flying daily armed reconnaissance missions as part of the coalition’s air campaign, and have conducted attacks in close coordination with the Iraqi ground forces.

ISIL positions in and around Sinjar have been methodically targeted by coalition aircraft ahead of the ground assault by the Kurdish security forces.

The terrorists are currently under heavy pressure in both northern Iraq, where the Kurdish peshmerga continue to push them back, and in Anbar province, where Iraqi troops have isolated them inside Ramadi.

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