As expected, the British parliament gave Prime Minister David Cameron the go-ahead to expand the UK’s military operations against the Islamic state (ISIS) from Iraq into Syria.
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Corbyn had hoped media reports that Cameron told Conservative lawmakers at a meeting late on Tuesday not to vote with the Labour leader “and a bunch of terrorist sympathisers” would harden opposition to the action.
Mr Fallon confirmed two Tornados and six Typhoons were being sent to join the eight jets already at the RAF Akrotiri base in Cyprus, from where United Kingdom operations in Iraq have been launched.
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.
The vote, which was welcomed by U.S. President Barack Obama, has enabled the U.K.to join nine nations from Belgium to Jordan that are already bombing Islamic State in Syria.
He said public opinion was moving against what he called an “ill thought-out rush to war”.
Russia is also conducting its own air strikes on Syria in alliance with Syrian forces and Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian news agencies there should now be a single coalition to improve the “effectiveness” of the air campaign.
The group wants to build a global state, called a caliphate, which would be ruled with a strict version of Islam.
Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the opposition Labour Party, opposed extending Britain bombing into Syria, warning that “the prime minister’s proposal for military action simply does not stack up”.
“I voted against the Labour motion, which set out a road map to war with the Syrian government and I voted against the Coalition Government’s motion also”.
December 3, 2015: A British tornado warplane passes on the runway at the RAF Akrotiri, a British air base near costal city of Limassol, Cyprus after an airstrike.
“Carefully selected elements of the oilfield infrastructure were targeted, ensuring the strikes will have a significant impact on Daesh’s ability to extract the oil to fund their terrorism”, it said.
Mr Rosindell argued it is “not the answer for Britain to send troops on the ground” but for Muslim countries closer to Syria to target the Islamist group.
Downing Street made clear that RAF bombing missions against IS – also known as Isil, Isis and Daesh – in Syria are likely to start within days if MPs back military action tonight.
Britain’s Parliament voted in 2013 against United Kingdom military action in Syria.
The parliamentary under secretary to shadow home secretary Andy Burnham tweeted her anti-war feelings in an open letter to constituents in which she said “this will be the most hard vote I have ever taken part in”.
It continued: “Before our aircrew conducted their attacks, as is normal they used the aircraft’s advanced sensors to confirm that no civilians were in the proximity of the targets, who might be placed at risk”.
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“We have got the right to say “no”, but if in the future, God forbid, we get hit and we need their help, why should they help us if we didn’t help them?”
