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British leader sets Syria airstrikes debate for Wednesday

Prime Minister David Cameron called for a debate and vote in Parliament on Wednesday on whether Britain should launch airstrikes against militants in Syria, arguing that the nation must stand with its allies in confronting extremism.

 

Cameron's statement Monday comes only hours after opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn decided that Labour Party lawmakers would be allowed to vote their conscience on the matter -- rather than to keep party discipline and have a unified stance.

 

The move by the Labour leader gave Cameron confidence he had the votes to clinch an expansion of the mandate of British forces to hit Islamic State group militants -- also known as ISIL -- not just in Iraq, but Syria as well.

 


פרסום ראשון: 11.30.15, 23:22