Britain launches Syria airstrikes

Comments from Syrian newspapers came after the British Parliament approved a motion Wednesday to join airstrikes targeting the Islamic State terror group, also known as ISIS or Daesh, in Syria, and the first airstrikes began Thursday.

Fallon said that eight more jets – two Tornados and six Typhoons – were being sent from two bases in Scotland and in southeast England to the Akrotiri base.

Angry and upset… Anti-war protesters react after learning the outcome of the British government’s vote on military action against the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria. ISIS claimed responsibility for those attacks and several of the terrorists involved trained in Syria.

A wide range of MPs including main opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn spoke out against air strikes, condemning Mr Cameron’s “ill thought-out rush to war” and saying his proposals “simply do not stack up”. Both France and the USA urged Britain to join the air campaign in Syria, and Cameron said Britain shouldn’t let its allies down.

The British Prime Minister said that the military action in Syria is one part of his government’s broader strategy to keep the United Kingdom safe.

A second pair of GR4s patrolled over western Iraq, where they provided close air support to Iraqi forces engaged in combat with Daesh in and around Ramadi.

The decision gave the all-clear for RAF warplanes to join US, French, and allied planes already carrying out bombing raids in Syria.

As commanders doubled the size of the UK’s strike air force in the region, it emerged their first run over Syria hit an ISIS -controlled oil complex.

It comes after the first night of British involvement in the conflict in Syria which saw British Tornados hit seven targets in eastern Syrian oil fields.

Mr Fallon said the vote meant that Britain could finally play a full part in the US-led coalition attacking IS.

According to a poll Yesterday shortly before ministers made their case to parliament for a new mission, German support for military involvement in the campaign against Islamic State has risen sharply with 42 percent backing action. “These people are not Muslims, they are outlaws from Islam, and we must stand with our Muslim friends here and around the world as they reclaim their religion from these terrorists”.