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Urgent: British parliament votes against amendment of blocking airstrikes in Syria

Xinhua, December 3, 2015 Adjust font size:

Britain's House of Commons on Wednesday voted to reject an amendment which seeks to block a main government motion aimed at extending UK airstrikes against the Islamic State to Syria. Enditem