SAS Go Into Syria to Kill ISIS Chief: UK 'Boots on the Ground' for Ferocious Joint US Gunbattle that Killed Terror Financier Abu Sayaff
Read More: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... ailymailUKBritish Special Forces have taken part in a ferocious battle to kill a Syrian-based Islamic State commander – even though Parliament has yet to approve any UK ‘boots on the ground’ in the country.
The crack SAS troops joined US Forces on the mission in May this year. To keep their participation a secret, they wore US uniforms and carried American weapons.
The elite Special Air Service soldiers were flown into the country’s Deir ez-Zor governorate in a US Osprey aircraft before carrying out a daring reconnaissance mission near the compound of top IS financier Abu Sayyaf.
News of the British role in the mission, disclosed today for the first time, comes as The Mail on Sunday reports details of a plot, originating in Syria, to kill the Queen.
In response to this, the SAS has increased its operational tempo in the war-torn country to try to eliminate individuals who pose a direct threat to UK security.
Executioner Killed: SAS Sniper Took out Isis Thug to Save Boy and Dad
Read More: http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest- ... ve-boy-dadAN SAS sniper saved the lives of a father and son just seconds before they were about to be executed by a knife-wielding jihadi.
He killed the would-be executioner from a range of 1,000m with a head shot before taking out three other members of Isis in Syria.
The father and his eight-year-old boy were just seconds from death after refusing to denounce their faith.
Both are Shia Muslims who Isis regard as "infidels". But the pair refused and were facing imminent death.
The shooting occurred last month in Northern Syria, close to the border with Turkey where the SAS unit had been conducting covert patrols.
Defence sources said the British special forces were alerted by an Iraqi spy.