Defence shares rise as United Kingdom government outlines armed forces plan

Another defeat would be “a publicity coup” for IS and send “a awful message about Britain’s role in the world”, he said.

“I have offered President Hollande the use of RAF Akrotiri for French aircraft engaged in counter-IS operations and additional assistance for air-to-air refuelling”, The Guardian quoted the prime minister as saying.

Shadow defence secretary Maria Eagle said it is even “conceivable” that Mr Corbyn himself could support strikes against IS – also known as Isil, Isis and Daesh – in Syria.

While British forces are taking part in air strikes on IS targets in Iraq, they are not involved in the global effort targeting Syria due to resistance from opposition parties still mindful of Britain’s unpopular interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Hollande says France and the United Kingdom have been working towards a “political solution against Islamic State in Syria for a number for years”, he said.

Mr Cameron is wagering that the attacks that killed people in Paris will tip parliament in favour of launching strikes.

The British prime minister & French President Francois Hollande went to a makeshift commemoration early Tues.to pay tribute to the lives lost in deadly terror spree.

Mr Cameron’s case will come in the form of a response to a report by the Commons foreign affairs committee which expressed severe reservations about the coherence of the government’s case.

“We will intensify our strikes, we will choose the targets that yield the best possible damage against the terrorist army”, he said.

The attacks in Paris, the bombing of a Russian jetliner and the shootings of British tourists in Tunisia has brought the threat of the Islamic State group close to home.

The previous vote was also directed at Bashar Assad’s government to deter the use of chemical weapons – not Islamic State group militants.

Downing Street believes that last week’s United Nations resolution calling for all countries to “combat by all means” the “unprecedented threat” of Isis will make it harder for the Labour leadership to whip its MPs against the vote. Britain is already bombing Islamic State in Iraq.

London Mayor Boris Johnson said that the city remained as safe as it was before the November 13 attacks in Paris, and said there was no need for school trips in the capital to be called off.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who opposes air strikes and has said he is not planning to allow his party members to vote with their conscience, on Saturday said his party would consider the proposals put forward by the government.