To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the rate of UK Reaper drone strikes in Iraq and Syria by month since the mission was launched; and if he will make a statement.
Answered on
8 September 2016
The number of RAF Reaper strikes in Iraq and Syria since November 2014 is as follows:
Number of Strikes | |||
Year | Month | Iraq | Syria |
2014 | November | 12 | 0 |
December | 9 | 0 | |
2015 | January | 14 | 0 |
February | 7 | 0 | |
March | 12 | 0 | |
April | 13 | 0 | |
May | 19 | 0 | |
June | 10 | 0 | |
July | 12 | 0 | |
August | 15 | 0 | |
September | 21 | 0 | |
October | 8 | 0 | |
November | 17 | 0 | |
December | 9 | 1 | |
2016 | January | 8 | 6 |
February | 1 | 3 | |
March | 3 | 2 | |
April | 2 | 2 | |
May | 5 | 1 | |
June | 23 | 1 | |
July | 6 | 4 | |
August | 9 | 2 | |
These strike numbers are constantly reviewed and updated by the Coalition to ensure records are as complete and accurate as possible. As such, past and future statements regarding statistics may differ to those given here.