Jordan says planes bomb IS targets for second day running

bomb with Koranic verses is pictured on a Royal Jordanian Air Force plane at an air base before...
bomb with Koranic verses is pictured on a Royal Jordanian Air Force plane at an air base before it's launch to strike the Islamic state in the Syrian city of Raqqa. Photo by Reuters.
Jordan said it carried out a second straight day of air strikes on Islamic State militants to avenge the death of a captive Jordanian pilot burnt to death by the group this week.

"Sorties of air force fighters executed several air strikes against select targets of the Daesh gang," state television said in a bulletin, using a derogatory Arabic name for the militants, adding that the army would announce details later.

Jordan earlier said it had sent tens of fighter jets to pound Islamic State targets in Syria on Thursday including ammunition depots and training camps.

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