An RAF Tornado takes off from RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus

 

An RAF Tornado takes off from RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus

FOUR RAF Tornado jets have blitzed ISIS targets in Britain's first air strike on Syria – just hours after MPs gave the green light.
The British war planes - which carried munitions including laser-guided Paveway bombs and precision-guided Brimstone explosives - set off just after midnight from their base in Akrotiri in Cyprus.

Each craft had three of the high-tech missiles attached to its wings on leaving the RAF runway. The bombs were gone when the jets landed safely back at the base just after 3am GMT.
The Ministry of Defence confirmed to The Sun that Britain had carried out its first air strikes over Syria.

The Cypriot base had until this point been used for bombing missions to Iraq.
Last night Parliament voted overwhelmingly in favour of going to war on ISIS in Syria, with 397 MPs yes votes against the 223 who voted no.

 

A rousing speech from shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn in favour of air strikes on Syria is thought to have swayed a number of lefties.
He defied a stone-faced Corbyn who stood behind him cross-armed as the packed-out Commons erupted in cheers.
Mr Benn was among 66 Labour MPs who voted with the Government while seven Conservatives opposed the plans for military action.

 

 

Prime Minister David Cameron said MPs took the "right decision to keep the UK safe" after they backed air strikes.
Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond added that Britain was "safer" after the yes vote.


He said: "We are very pleased that a significant number of Labour MPs have voted with the Government tonight so we have got a clear majority across the House of Commons in support of the action that we are now going to be taking to degrade this evil terrorist organisation.
"Britain is safer tonight because of the decision that the House of Commons has taken."
The vote has blown open deep divisions in the Labour Party with claims that MPs in favour of military action have faced threats of recriminations.