RAF jets make first strikes over Syria

President Francois Hollande cited specific threats against French interests stemming from IS in Syria.

Defence secretary Michael Fallon says the strikes on oil wells in eastern Syria have already dealt a “real blow” to the financing of the terror group. Both France and the United States have urged Britain to join their air campaign in Syria, and Cameron said Britain should not let its allies down. Ilford North MP Wes Streeting, who voted with Corbyn against military action, said this morning his colleagues who voted with David Cameron had been subject to abuse.

A cross-party bid to block United Kingdom airstrikes in Syria was also rejected by 390 votes to 211 – a majority of 179. The mission was approved by MPs yesterday following a 10-hour debate in the Commons – but are you in favour?

They will be joined by six Typhoon jets, which took off from RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland, and two more Tornado fighters, which took off from RAF Marham in southeast England.

Jeremy Corbyn is guilty of permitting the bullying of Labour MPs who voted in favour of airstrikes in Syria, one backbencher has warned.

The UK has carried out its first air strikes on Syria less than an hour after MPs voted to support military action.

But MPs hit back and condemned the Labour leader for facilitating the attacks after they were targeted by anti-war campaigners with a stream of abuse online, over the phone and outside their constituency offices.

“They hold us in contempt. They hold our values in contempt. They hold our belief in tolerance and decency in contempt. They hold our democracy, the means by which we will make our decision tonight, in contempt”.

I completely respect their view, and despite reaching a different conclusion I know they have also made their decision in a principled way.

Carter said the force will be able to conduct raids, free hostages, gather intelligence and capture IS leaders.

Among those on the list was Wes Streeting, who suggested Mr Corbyn’s comments saying there would be “no hiding place” for Labour MPs who backed military action was partly to blame for the torrent of abuse and political action.

On Wednesday, Russia’s deputy defense minister, Anatoly Antonov, accused Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his family of benefiting from illegal oil trade with Islamic State militants.

Obama has said his strategy to fight the militant group in Iraq and Syria does not include US ground combat troops, but this week, the Pentagon announced it would send a new force of special operations troops.

The news of the vote was met by howls of disgust by dozens of anti-war protesters demonstrating outside parliament.

“These are the aircraft that the coalition have been asking for to help strike these targets in Syria as well as Iraq because of the skill of our pilots and crews but also because of the precision strike weapons that they have”.

The U.K. premier came under fire during the debate for refusing to apologize for suggesting opponents of his plans were “terrorist sympathizers”.

SNP deputy leader Stewart Hosie said he was disappointed by the outcome of the parliamentary vote.

It set a fixed calendar for a ceasefire followed by a transitional government in six months and elections one year later.