The British Foreign Office admits the possibility of the use of the Air Force for attacks on the Islamic State in Syria

The British Foreign Office admits the possibility of the use of the Air Force for attacks on the Islamic State in Syria

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Now the government asks the national parliament the right to conduct air strikes in Iraq

LONDON, September 26.British  Military Air Force can in principle apply in the future strikes against the terrorist group Islamic State (IG) in Syria. Such a possibility is made ​​Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Philip Hammond.

“We do not refuse any options to counter the Islamic State, including operations in Syria – Foreign Minister said in a live TV channel Sky News.

“However, while the government asks the national parliament the right to conduct air strikes in Iraq. If you need to defeat the orders of the Islamic state in Syria, the government will revert to the Parliament for consent,” – said Hammond.

UK Parliament today will consider the request of the government to hold the drum air operations in order to strike at the Islamic state locations throughout Iraq. The debate will begin in the House of Commons at 13:30 MSK, voting – at 20:00 MSK. According to Broadcasting Corporation BBC, “positive verdict on the request of the Parliament the government’s air armed operation is not in doubt, as Prime Minister David Cameron has made the required prior consent to it by the leaders of the opposition Labor Party.”

However, she said that “Labour have decided to support the government on the condition that the current operation is not to be extended to Syria.”

According to the Minister of Defence Michael Fallon, the operation of the coalition led by the United States against the Islamic state “may last 2 to 3 years.”

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