The MoD says Britain has deployed six Typhoon jets to Cyprus base near Syria.
Britain has deployed six Typhoon jets to its Akrotiri airbase in Cyprus as the Western rhetoric of war continues against Syria, the UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) says.
“We can confirm that as part of ongoing contingency planning, 6 RAF Typhoon interceptor fast jets are deploying this morning to Akrotiri in Cyprus,” said an Royal Air Force (RAF) spokesman.
The MoD said the RAF fighters were flying to the Mediterranean on Thursday, ahead of a potential foreign military intervention in Syria over the alleged use of chemical weapons by the Syrian government.
The MoD also claimed that the deployment of jets was not aimed at conducting a military strike on the Arab country, but served as a “purely precautionary measure.”
The Typhoons flying from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire, east England, were reported to have been fitted with advanced short range air-to-air missiles, medium range air-to-air missiles, and a Mauser cannon.
On August 21, the militants operating inside Syria and the foreign-backed Syrian opposition claimed that 1,300 people had been killed in a government chemical attack on militant strongholds in Damascus suburbs of Ain Tarma, Zamalka and Jobar.
However, the Syrian government categorically rejected the baseless claim, and announced later that the chemical attack had actually been carried out by the militants themselves as a false flag operation.
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Britain sends Typhoon jets to Cyprus
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