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Sep 11, 2014 · US president Barack Obama has vowed to attack Islamic State militants "wherever they exist" in a speech laying out a strategy for expanding airstrikes in Iraq and, for the first time, striking targets in Syria.
How murderous and how close to home does the Isis campaign have to get before he decides to ignore a parliamentary convention (one that has no legal force whatsoever) and to authorise air strikes...
Oct 8, 2014 · TORONTO (AP) — Following a request from the U.S., Canada's Parliament has voted to authorize airstrikes against the Islamic State militant group in Iraq Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative Party introduced the motion last week and it was debated this week.
Aug 8, 2014 · David Cameron, UK prime minister, supported Mr Obama’s decision to authorise air strikes to back the Iraqi forces “if necessary”. In a statement on Friday he said: “I am extremely concerned by...
Aug 7, 2014 · TONY Abbott has backed US President Barack Obama’s authorisation of air strikes in Iraq to stop the “genocide” of 40,000 refugees under threat from Islamic jihadists.
Dec 1, 2015 · The motion would specifically authorise air strikes "exclusively" against IS in Syria and says the UK government will not deploy troops in "ground combat operations".
Jun 10, 2015 · AP. A year ago, militants from Islamic State (IS) seized control of Iraq's second city, Mosul, routing the Iraqi army and sending shockwaves around the world.
