Britain sees no early demand from US for air strikes in Syria
British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said on Monday he saw no immediate demand from the US and its Gulf allies for Britain to extend its air strikes on Islamic State (IS) fighters to Syria.
Hammond, speaking to Reuters on a visit to the Kurdistan region of Iraq, said he did not rule out Britain joining the United States in striking IS targets in Syria but did not expect any early requests to do so.
"I don't see an imminent demand for that," he said. "My understanding is that the US is satisfied that it has the firepower it needs in Syria at the moment.
"Of course none of us knows how this campaign is going to evolve but at the moment I think the arrangement now where we are focusing on targets in Iraq and the US and Gulf partners are focusing on Syria is working well."
