British ministers have started to brief MPs on plans for military action in Syria before David Cameron publish es formal proposals designed to win over MPs to an extension of anti-Islamic State airstrikes in Syria.
The foreign office minister Tobias Ellwood briefed a group of MPs, including as many as 10 from Labour, on the case for action in Syria at a meeting of the all-party parliamentary Friends of Syria group on Tuesday night.
Separately, some Labour MPs in favour of further military action have met with ministers, but Number 10 is reluctant to become involved in an operation to whip Conservative MPs on the issue.
Cameron promised on Tuesday that he would release a “comprehensive strategy” on Syria, which would emerge in written form through a reply to a report to the foreign affairs select committee.
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