No less than 130 people died within the assaults within the French capital on November 13, a day after suicide bombings in Lebanon killed greater than 40 people. “It has also reiterated its determination to secure a political solution to the conflict in Syria”, added Mr Cameron.
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The resolution, co-sponsored by the United Kingdom, condemns a number of terror attacks, including the killings of 30 Britons in a Tunisian beach resort in June.
Sixty percent of the 1,061 people questioned for the survey supported British air strikes on Syria, 59 percent supported British ground troops fighting alongside allies in a ground war against IS and 68 percent of respondents supported the United Nations sending in ground troops against the group.
Mr Cameron is seeking to build cross-party support for United Kingdom air strikes against IS – also known as Isil, Isis or Daesh – in Syria, though there is no timetable for a Parliamentary vote.
“We can not expect – we should not expect – others to carry the burdens and risks of protecting our country”, he said.
British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said, “The horrific attacks in Paris have stiffened the resolve of the worldwide community to defeat IS, whose acts of terror in Europe and the Middle East aim to challenge our basic values and way of life”.
A few 24 per cent were against air strikes, the ComRes survey for the Daily Mail found. The RAF has been involved in air strikes on Isis in Iraq but extending the campaign to attack targets in Syria has proved controversial.
“In large part that has answered the questions that the committee has rightly asked”, he said.
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“You tell me if there is a serious prospect that Assad would survive in such elections if they are properly overseen by the United Nations and in which millions of Syrians now forced out of the country are allowed to take part”.
