Britain to hold vote on launching Syria air strikes on Wednesday
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron said he would hold a debate and vote in parliament on Wednesday to decide whether to launch air strikes against Islamic State in Syria.
"I will be recommending to Cabinet tomorrow that we hold a debate and a vote in the House of Commons to extend the air strikes that we've carried out against ISIL in Iraq, that we extend that to Syria," he said in a televised statement.
(Reporting by William James; editing by Elizabeth Piper)
