Britain’s first air strikes against Isis inside Syria were met with a warm welcome from France, anger in Damascus – and a sense of exasperation among some of those rebels the West is supposed to be supporting.
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If this is not delivered within two years, as planned by the Vienna peace talks, “that won’t mean that we give up and go home”, he said.
According to the Thursday nation-wide survey, 57 percent of Londoners say the air campaign makes them feel “less safe”, with 61 percent of London residents saying they oppose the strikes.
The United Kingdom has been conducting airstrikes against Daesh positions in Iraq as part of a US-led coalition since September 2014.
The field “represents over 10 per cent of their potential income from oil”, the ministry statement said, adding: “Initial analysis of the operation indicates that the strikes were successful”.
The pilot and navigator sit in the cockpit of an RAF Tornado GR4 as they taxi it on the runway at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, after returning to the base from carrying out some of the first British bombing runs over Syria..
“There are plenty more of these targets throughout eastern, northern Syria which we hope to be striking in the next few days and weeks”, Mr Fallon said, adding that Britain was sending eight more warplanes to Cyprus to join the missions.
The talks set a fixed calendar for a ceasefire followed by a transitional government in six months and elections one year later.
Mr Cameron said the move would be welcomed by Britain’s allies, including Muslim countries which had asked the United Kingdom to become involved, but stressed that degrading IS would take time.
“These terrorists are plotting to kill us and radicalise our children right now”, he said.
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The Royal Air Force is already taking part in operations against Islamic State in Iraq.
