British fighter jets fired on militants from the Islamic State group west of Baghdad overnight, the UK Ministry of Defence has said.
Two Royal Air Force (RAF) Tornados based in Cyprus fired four Brimstone missiles on two IS vehicles, including an armed pick-up truck, the ministry said in a statement.
"Two Tornado GR4s from RAF Akrotiri conducted an armed reconnaissance mission in support of Iraqi government forces west of Baghdad," it said.
"They were tasked to examine a location suspected of being used as an ISIL command and control position.
"At the scene they were able to identify ISIL [IS] activity and two vehicles, one of which was an armed pick-up truck.
"Initial analysis indicates that the strikes were successful."
The British parliament last week approved a motion to join in a US-led military campaign against IS jihadists operating in Iraq.
The RAF conducted their first strikes yesterday, bombing an artillery post and an armed truck used by the IS militants.
It did not say where, but said the strikes aided Kurdish troops in the area.
British politician Iain Duncan Smith yesterday revealed that both coalition government partners were also in favour of action against IS fighters in Syria, but that it was blocked by the opposition Labour party.
Meanwhile, US-led forces have carried out at least five air strikes today against IS fighters outside the embattled Syrian Kurdish town of Ain al-Arab, a monitoring group said.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the strikes hit IS fronts south and southeast of the town, known as Kobane by the Kurds.
The jihadists have been battling to take the town for more than two weeks.
