British Prime Minister David Cameron tried to persuade reluctant
lawmakers to back airstrikes on the Islamic State group in Syria, saying
on Thursday that the Paris attacks have given the fight new urgency and
Britain owes it to key allies to act.
Mr. Cameron told the House of Commons that U.S. President Barack Obama
and French President Francois Hollande had urged Britain to join the
military campaign in Syria. “These are our closest allies and they want
our help.”
Mr. Cameron said if Britain didn’t act after IS-claimed attacks in Paris
that killed 130 people, friendly nations might well ask, “if not now,
when?”
Mr. Cameron has been reluctant to seek backing for strikes in Syria
since lawmakers voted down his 2013 plan to launch RAF strikes against
the forces of President Bashar al-Assad.
Earlier this month Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Select Committee urged
caution, saying air strikes would be “incoherent” and ineffective
without a plan to end Syria’s civil war.
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