Manama, Sept. 23. (BNA) – A group of fighter jets from the Royal Bahrain Air Force (RBAF) carried out earlier this morning, along with the air forces of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states and those of allied and friendly countries, air strikes against a number of selected targets of terrorist groups and organisations, and destroyed them, an authorised source at the Bahrain Defence Force (BDF)’s General Headquarters said.

The strikes are part of the international efforts to protect regional security and global peace, the source added.

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BNA 1320 GMT 2014/09/23