Britain sends eight more warplanes to Cyprus for Syria air strikes

The British Parliament is set to decide whether to take more aggressive action against ISIS by launching airstrikes inside Syria.

A Ministry of Defense spokesman told the AP the planes had constructed strikes in Syria, and details about their targets would be provided later.

Cameron has pledged that Britain joining air strikes on Syria will be matched by a major diplomatic push to resolve the crisis.

Anti-war protesters demonstrate against proposals to bomb Syria outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain, on Tuesday. “Do we work with our allies to degrade and destroy this threat and do we go after these terrorists in their heartlands, from where they are plotting to kill British people?” But the RAF has intensified its air war there over the past three weeks, since the Paris attacks.

Britain’s government has eight Tornado jets based at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus that are ready to be deployed. The Kurdish assault began on November 12, one week after the RAF bombing shown in the video.

RAF jets and drones are poised to carry out air strikes on the jihadist terror group within hours.

Hours after Parliament voted in favor of authorizing air strikes against the Islamic State in Syria, British warplanes launched attacks on jihadist targets in the war-torn country.

Earlier, Cameron kicked off the debate by urging MPs to “answer the call” from allies like France and the U.S., adding that bombing the “mediaeval monsters” of IS was “the right thing to do”.

In a statement that also praised a German government decision to provide 1,200 military personnel to support the fight against the radical group, Mr Obama praised a “special relationship” with Britain “rooted in our shared values and mutual commitment to global peace, prosperity, and security”.

“Alongside this action we also need a comprehensive strategy for Syria, which includes finding a political solution to the turmoil, a continuation of our extensive humanitarian efforts and a clear commitment to post-conflict reconstruction”.

Though a number of Mr Cameron’s Conservative Party MPs opposed the move, he had been expected to win, helped by votes of some Labour MPs, the Liberal Democrats and the DUP (Democratic Unionist Party).

Shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn was lauded by MPs from across the House for making a powerful speech warning his party that “we never have and we never should walk by on the other side of the road”.

Asked about reports that six targets were hit, Mr Fallon said: “I approved yesterday a series of targets in the Omar oil field – wellheads from which the oil production is derived which helps to finance Daesh”.

Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn (left) speaks during the House of Commons debate.

“What we know about fascists is that they need to be defeated and it is why, as we have heard tonight, socialists and trade unionists were just one part of the worldwide brigade in the 1930s to fight against Franco”.