The troops are defending Western-supported rebel units from the incoming jihadi scourge – who are launching daily attacks on their position.
The operation is believed to be the first frontline involvement of British troops on Syrian soil as the West fights to wipe out the delinquent death cult, also known as Daesh.
British soldiers were initially introduced to train fighters from the New Syrian Army – a group of rebels who defected from Syrian president Bashar al Assad’s special forces before being equipped to fight ISIS by Western military personnel.
But as the lowlife jihadis desperately try to maintain their war on four fronts across the Middle East, UK forces have stepped up to slay the approaching combatants and defend their position.
It comes as British troops gradually take up combat roles in the fight against the so-called caliphate.
Last week UK special ops destroyed two ISIS suicide vehicles in Libya, the most recent location that the twisted terror cell has spread to.
Special forces tend to play an advisory role in foreign warfare, helping local militias with training and intelligence gathering.
But unlike regular troops they do not need require a government vote to be deployed – sidestepping a risky political decision to officially put boots on the ground.
Almost two years ago David Cameron was defeated by political opponents in the House of Commons when he failed to gather enough votes to use airstrikes in Syria to beat back the regime of President Assad.
Meanwhile Russian-backed troops are bearing down on the ISIS stronghold of Raqqa as the unified effort of Western forces and local militias crushes the bloodthirsty cult’s resistance.
Syrian government soldiers, supported by Vladimir Putin’s armed forces, have stormed into the jihadis’ key province surrounding Raqqa and are now preparing for an all-out assault on the city.
Raqqa has become ISIS’ symbolic seat of power, and its fall could mark the final nail in the coffin for the extremists’ failing dream for a so-called caliphate across the Middle East.
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