RAF jets bombed an Islamic State-controlled oilfield in Syria early today just hours after MPs voted to take the war against the terrorists into their strongholds.
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BBC defence correspondent Jonathan Beale said the first pair of Tornados had left RAF Akrotiri with three 500lb Paveway bombs each.
British fighter jets have wasted no time in pounding ISIL targets in Syria, launching less than an hour after Parliament voted in favour of airstrikes.
A US-led worldwide coalition has been conducting airstrikes against the ISIL, prohibited in Russian Federation and many other countries, in Iraq and Syria since 2014 without the approval of the UN Security Council or the Syrian government.
Cameron has wanted to extend Britain’s role in the fight against IS for months but made a fresh push which led to the vote after last month’s Paris attacks which killed 130 people.
“Frankly this evil death cult is neither a true representation of Islam nor is it a state”, Cameron said, branding its members “women-raping, Muslim-murdering, mediaeval monsters”.
RAF bombing raids over Syria have started after MPs voted in favour of the strikes following a marathon Commons debate lasting more than 10 hours.
Although he believes “it is important to stand by our allies”, Mr Rosindell has criticised Mr Cameron for not having “a proper strategy”, which would considers the wider implications of air strikes in Syria.
“It will not make a big operational difference”. The debate in British Parliament Wednesday highlighted the division between those who said airstrikes were the only way to protect Europe from Islamic terrorism and those who said destroying Syrian targets would only fuel more extremism.
“We are developing partnerships, although they are not strong as we want yet, with local tribes and Sunnis who are willing to fight ISIL”, he told CBS.
The decision was welcomed by the White House and by President François Hollande of France.
A Tornado jet takes off from RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland, as RAF Tornado jets carried out the first British bombing runs over Syria.
“It is in the national interest to answer the call from our allies and from the United Nations and to work with them because IS is a threat to our country and it is the right thing to do to keep Britain safe”.
Germany is also to strengthen its training mission in Northern Iraq as part of its increased support, according to German public media news site Deutsche Welle.
“We are here faced by fascists”.
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The heated argument about whether the United Kingdom should begin air strikes on Islamic State territory in Syria – reinvigorated since the Paris attacks on November 13 – saw Cameron label opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn a “terrorist sympathizer”, and pacifist demonstrators label Cameron a “soon-to-be war criminal”.
