British planes began bombing the positions of the Islamic State in Syria early this morning, just a few hours after the British Parliament approved the start of the operation, reports the AP agency.
Four aircraft flew into action from the British base at Akrotiri in Cyprus.
An unnamed representative of the Ministry of Defense only briefly told AP that targets in Syria were targeted and announced that more details would be released during the day.
Great Britain is already participating in the bombing of the positions of the Islamic State in Iraq, and yesterday the MPs discussed whether to join the airstrikes of the US-led coalition in Syria.
The debate lasted for more than 10 hours, and in the end, 390 MPs were in favor of expanding the attack on Syria. 211 parliamentarians were against it.
Prime Minister David Cameron said the expansion of the air campaign would contribute to greater security in Britain by weakening the Islamic State forces responsible for recent attacks in Paris, Beirut and other places.
The position of the leader of the opposition Labor Party, Jeremy Corbyn, was that we should not get involved in this campaign and that the government is leading the country to war, but around 60 MPs from that party still supported Britain's stronger involvement in airstrikes in Syria.
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