Islamic State targeted air strikes could be extended to Syria, PM hints

David Cameron indicates only lack of political consent at Westminster is holding government back

David Cameron has given his broadest hint yet that he wants to extend the fight against Islamic State (Isis) to Syria and that only a lack of political consent at Westminster is holding the government back.

The prime minister said on Sunday he was sympathetic to the argument mounted by former chief of the defence staff Sir David Richards, that Isis had to be defeated in Syria as well as Iraq.

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