Airstrikes on Syria: Worcester’s MP says he “cannot support” bombing unless

Syria has been embroiled in a bloody armed conflict for almost five years.

The war started in 2011 when Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government tried to quell pro-democracy Arab Spring protests.

He added that the threat has intensified recently, and pointed to a series of Islamic-State linked attacks around the world over recent months, including the murder of 30 British citizens in Tunisia this summer as well as attacks in Ankara, Beirut and most recently Paris that caused mass deaths.

“We should work as hard as we can for it but we should be acting now with allies because it is about keeping our own people and our own country safe”.

What is the United Kingdom now doing about it?

Hague, who was foreign secretary between 2010 and 2014, writes that the publication of the long-awaited Chilcot report into the war in Iraq will be “a time to acknowledge that we were wrong about the invasion of Iraq”.

That followed a morning meeting with President Francois Hollande during which he praised France’s decision to ramp up strikes against the jihadist group after the Paris attacks.

Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron said that Mr Cameron would have to provide “much more evidence” that moderate forces on the ground “are sufficient and have the capability and the credibility” to deliver what was needed in the fight against Isil.

Cameron said airstrikes will not increase the danger of attack in Britain, already considered high. The Ministry of Defence has given details of its operations.

“We know that peace is a process, not an event and I am clear that it can’t be achieved through a military assault on Isil alone, it also requires the removal of Assad and a political transition”.

He said: “The borders of Syria and Iraq were largely drawn by two British and French diplomats in 1916”. He said the “act of self-defence” was lawful.

Britain has always been carrying out airstrikes against the terror group in Iraq, but not in Syria.

But Downing Street is believed to be increasingly confident of winning a new House of Commons vote on bombing ISIS in its Syria strongholds, with many Labour MPs set to support the Government’s position.

WORCESTER’S MP has revealed he has serious concerns about bombing Syria – saying he “cannot support” airstrikes unless David Cameron convinces him of the benefits.

However, McDonnell said he remained “deeply sceptical” about any British involvement in the Middle East.

The committee said there should be no military intervention without a “coherent global strategy” on tackling IS and ending Syria’s civil war. At the moment, the RAF is limited to hitting Islamic State targets in Iraq.

“The events in Paris have clearly changed things”, Malcolm Chalmers, research director at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), said.

This will come two years after a previous vote for military action in Syria failed after the main opposition Labour Party voted against.

“There’s no shortage of people bombing Syria at the present moment”.