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Urgent: British parliament OKs airstrikes against IS in Syria

Xinhua, December 3, 2015 Adjust font size:

Britain's House of Commons on Wednesday voted to support a government motion on extending UK airstrikes against the Islamic State to Syria after 10 hours of intense debate. Enditem