Airstrikes have become routine for people in Raqqa, says activist

Residents of Raqqa, the Syrian city that is Islamic State’s de-facto capital, remain largely indifferent to the prospect of Britain joining the air campaign, an activist based there has said.

Activists and experts maintain that yet another force bombing the militants will do little if it is not part of a broader strategy to address the threat of the terror group and the violence perpetrated by the regime of the president, Bashar al-Assad.

Many in the city see the coalition campaign as ineffective at stemming the expansion of Isis and argue it is primarily aimed at containing the militants rather than destroying them, though those who oppose the terror group view Britain joining the coalition in Syria positively.