David Cameron sets out case for air strikes on IS in Syria

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

Several MPs questioned his claim that there were 70,000 troops on the ground in Syria aligned to moderate groups.

He stressed that any strikes would not be directed at the regime of president Bashar Assad, but rejected the argument that Britain should throw its weight behind the Assad regime as “the lesser of two evils”.

“We shouldn’t be content with outsourcing our security to our allies”, Mr. Cameron said.

Mr Cameron often refers to so-called Islamic State as Isil. It has deployed air power in the form of eight RAF Tornado aircraft, which operate out of a British based in Cyprus.

“We have the Brimstone precision missile system which enables us to strike accurately with minimum collateral damage”.

There’s certainly a possibility that we’ll be dropping bombs in Syria by Christmas.

In the Commons on Thursday, Mr Corbyn appeared to signal that he will oppose Mr Cameron’s plans for a bombing campaign in Syria.

WORCESTER’S MP says he’s ready to support David Cameron in bombing Syria – after the Prime Minister’s impassioned plea. He said the “act of self-defence” was lawful.

“We have to deny a safe haven for Daesh in Syria”. There has not been a vote since.

“Nor has he been able to explain what credible and acceptable ground forces could retake and hold territory freed from ISIS control by an intensified air campaign”.

Breaking with a British political tradition of using a “party whip” to maintain parliamentary discipline, Corbyn’s finance spokesman said Labour was considering allowing its lawmakers to vote as they wish.

But the chairman of the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee – which earlier this month released a report urging caution over Syria – said he was now ready to back military action.

Cameron said air strikes will not increase the danger of attack in Britain, already considered high. That’s why David Cameron is also trying to make a moral case – that it’s not right to “outsource” our security to other countries.

She added: “He (Mr Corbyn) is the one with the electoral mandate, he appoints the shadow cabinet – not the other way round”.

What are other countries doing?

We don’t have a specific date yet but it is likely to be in the next couple of weeks.

“From what I have seen from the response to the Prime Minister’s statement today, it feels to me that we are building a consensus now for military action in Syria”, he told the BBC.

Russian Federation is not part of the US-led coalition but started carrying out air strikes in Syria in September 2015.

“We do face a fundamental threat to our security”, he said.

Where do political parties stand?

The SNP has indicated it would only support military action with clear legal authority from the United Nations, and a “coherent plan”.

The main opposition Labour Party remains divided.

He also said he was confident most MPs would do exactly the same and end up supporting it too.

Its report said it was “not persuaded by the Government’s attempts to treat ISIL [Daesh] in Syria and the broader Syrian civil war as separate issues, and note that our witnesses called for a more joined-up strategy to tackle closely interlinked crises”.

The Greens, Plaid Cymru and UKIP are expected to vote against the extending air strikes to Syria.