A number of Royal Air Force Tornados took off from a British air base in Cyprus shortly after the vote.
Further details about the targets would be provided later Thursday, a British Foreign Office officil told the AP agency on condition of anonimity.
Prime Minister David Cameron's government was backed by 397 lawmakers compared to 223 who opposed the bombing, giving him at 174 the strong mandate he said was essential for military action.
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British Parliament Approves Airstrikes Against IS in Syria ...
ReplyDeleteBritish lawmakers on Wednesday approved a request from Prime Minister David Cameron to take part in airstrikes against Islamic State in Syria. The vote was 397-223.
Cameron appeared in Parliament to make his case, saying the airstrikes would be “part of a wider strategy” to overcome the militant movement.
Britain has been bombing in Iraq for more than a year, and Cameron urged lawmakers to back extending airstrikes to Syria to target militants he said were plotting attacks on the West............http://www.voanews.com/content/british-parliament-approves-airstrikes-islamic-state-syria/3085074.html
A British air base on Cyprus is being readied to receive more planes and personnel ahead of a decision by British parliament to authorize attacks against Islamic State (IS) targets in Syria, sources familiar with activities at the base said Wednesday...
ReplyDeleteThey said preparations were under way at the Akrotiri Royal Air Force (RAF) base on the southern shores of the eastern Mediterranean island to receive eight additional planes and up to 100 more personnel.
British Prime Minister David Cameron pleaded with lawmakers of both his party and the opposition on Wednesday to give the go-ahead to launch air strikes in Syria. A vote is expected at around 10:00 p.m. local time (2200 GMT).
Sources said two more Tornado GR4 and six Eurofighter Typhoon planes were waiting orders to take off from their air base in Britain for Akrotiri, situated at a strategic point in the eastern Mediterranean.
Eight Tornados have been operating against the IS in Iraq for the past two years.
Akrotiri air base is situated on a peninsula next to the southern port city of Limassol.
It has been one of the busiest bases of the British forces because of its strategic location near the flare up points of the Mediterranean and the Middle East.................http://www.china.org.cn/world/2015-12/03/content_37222209.htm
Britain launches first strikes over Syria...
ReplyDeleteRAF warplanes have carried out the first British bombing runs over Syria, its ministry of defence has confirmed.
The air strikes were carried out within hours of a vote by MPs in the House of Commons to back extending operations against so-called Islamic State militants from neighbouring Iraq.
Four RAF Tornado jets, which carry a range of munitions including Paveway IV guided bombs and precision-guided Brimstone missiles, took off from the Akrotiri base in Cyprus but defence officials refused to be drawn on the targets of their mission.
A ministry of defence spokesman said the sorties had returned from the "first offensive operation over Syria and have conducted strikes".
Prime Minister David Cameron has said MPs took the "right decision to keep the UK safe" after they overwhelmingly backed air strikes................http://www.rte.ie/news/2015/1203/750861-syria-uk-air-strikes/
Aviones británicos atacan yacimientos de petróleo del EI en el este de Siria...
ReplyDeleteLa Fuerza Aérea de Gran Bretaña ha atacado yacimientos de crudo que controla el Estado Islámico (Daesh en árabe) en el este de Siria, informa la BBC citando al ministro británico de Defensa, Michael Fallon.
"Aprobé el ataque contra varios objetivos en la zona del yacimiento de petróleo Omar", dijo Fallon.
Agregó que aviones Tornado "atacaron con éxito" estos blancos.
El primer ministro de Reino Unido, David Cameron, cosechó una decisiva mayoría parlamentaria en la noche del miércoles a su plan para extender a Siria los bombardeos contra el Estado Islámico.
Tras diez horas de debate en la Cámara de los Comunes, 397 diputados votaron a favor de la acción militar y 223 en contra.
Desde septiembre de 2014, Reino Unido lleva a cabo bombardeos aéreos contra el EI (proscrito en Rusia) en Irak en el marco de la coalición internacional liderada por EEUU.
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UK air attack on Islamic State: Syrians give reactions...
ReplyDelete...A number of Syrians have been giving their reaction to the British decision.
"Raqqa is being Slaughtered Silently" - citizen journalist group in the IS stronghold
The group said on Twitter that it opposed UK bombing raids.
"We are against the UK strikes on Raqqa. All the world is bombing Raqqa and the UK will not make any change in the situation. If the UK wants to help people then it should accept Syrian refugees and not close the border.
"Just bombing IS in Raqqa from the sky will not defeat IS, but it will make people suffer more. IS will use the UK strikes to recruit new people in the West and new fighters and maybe they will carry out terrorist attacks.
"In the end nobody will liberate Raqqa except the people of Raqqa."............http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34992616
Britain joined the US-led bombing campaign over Syria on Thursday, striking an oil field held by Islamic State (IS) jihadists just hours after a decisive parliamentary vote authorized airstrikes...
ReplyDeleteRoyal Air Force planes based in Cyprus carried out the "first offensive operation against Daesh (IS) terrorist targets inside Syria," the British defense ministry said in a statement.
The strikes were carried out by four Tornado fighter jets and focused on targets in eastern Syria's Omar oil field, 48 kilometers from the border with Iraq.
The field "represents over 10 percent of [IS'] potential income from oil," the ministry statement said, adding that "initial analysis of the operation indicates that the strikes were successful."......http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/956505.shtml
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