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Cameron to set out Syria strategy to MPs within days Cameron to set out Syria strategy to MPs within days
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David Cameron is to set out his plan for tackling the crisis in Syria within days, in a bid to win support for air strikes against Islamic State fighters.David Cameron is to set out his plan for tackling the crisis in Syria within days, in a bid to win support for air strikes against Islamic State fighters.
It comes after a Foreign Affairs Committee report said the UK should not join allied bombing in Syria without a coherent international strategy on IS.It comes after a Foreign Affairs Committee report said the UK should not join allied bombing in Syria without a coherent international strategy on IS.
On Saturday, the prime minister welcomed a UN resolution asking nations to "combat by all means" the IS threat.On Saturday, the prime minister welcomed a UN resolution asking nations to "combat by all means" the IS threat.
He is due to meet French President Francois Hollande in Paris on Monday.He is due to meet French President Francois Hollande in Paris on Monday.
They will discuss ways of co-operating on counter-terrorism and the fight against IS, UK officials said. In the wake of last week's terror attacks in Paris, the leaders will discuss ways of co-operating on counter-terrorism and the fight against IS.
MPs voted against UK military action against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government in 2013.MPs voted against UK military action against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government in 2013.
But they did later approve British air strikes against IS extremists in Iraq.But they did later approve British air strikes against IS extremists in Iraq.
Mr Cameron said the case for extending those strikes to Syria had been strengthened by last week's Paris terror attacks. IS has claimed responsibility for the gun and suicide bomb attacks in the French capital on 13 November, which left 130 dead - as well as recent attacks in Tunisia, Egypt, Beirut and Turkey among others.
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The unveiling of the strategy will be followed by a push to convince MPs across the political spectrum to approve military action in Syria, the BBC understands. Terror attacks: Belgium 'looking for several suspects'
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The Foreign Affairs Committee report said "there should be no extension of British military action into Syria unless there is a coherent international strategy that has a realistic chance of defeating Isil (Islamic State)". Commons vote on military action?
BBC political correspondent Iain Watson says the prime minister now believes he can answer the committee's concerns, and will set out a series of diplomatic, political and military proposals towards the end of the week. The prime minister has promised to set out a "full-spectrum" strategy, including military, counter-terrorism and humanitarian actions - following which, the BBC understands, there will be a push to convince MPs across the political spectrum to approve military action in Syria.
He says the prime minister will be in no rush to bring about a vote on military action, with Downing Street sources saying they do not have enough promises of "definitive support" to ensure a clear victory at this stage. Mr Cameron has said he will only call a Commons vote on the issue if he can be confident he will win.
Our correspondent added that, privately, some Labour shadow ministers say they are willing to support the prime minister rather than their own more cautious leader Jeremy Corbyn if a convincing case is made for air strikes as an element in a broader plan. BBC political correspondent Iain Watson says the prime minister will set out a series of proposals towards the end of the week, but adds that the PM will be in no rush to bring about a vote.
'Diplomatic solution' Privately, some Labour shadow ministers say they are willing to support the prime minister rather than their own more cautious leader Jeremy Corbyn if a convincing case is made for air strikes as an element in a broader plan, our correspondent adds.
What does Labour leadership think?
In a speech on Saturday, Mr Corbyn, who is under pressure to allow his MPs a free vote on the issue, warned against "external intervention" in Syria.In a speech on Saturday, Mr Corbyn, who is under pressure to allow his MPs a free vote on the issue, warned against "external intervention" in Syria.
The UN resolution, which was unanimously approved by 15 countries, should be used to bolster efforts to find a diplomatic solution to the conflict, he said.The UN resolution, which was unanimously approved by 15 countries, should be used to bolster efforts to find a diplomatic solution to the conflict, he said.
He has said Labour would support "every necessary measure" to protect people in the UK, but it was "vital" in a time of tragedy following the Paris attacks "not to be drawn into responses that feed a cycle of violence". His close ally, Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, said if there had to be troops on the ground in Syria, they should come from the region itself.
The SNP says it is "is prepared to listen to the prime minister's case on military intervention". "This isn't a war like the Second World War, where you fight against an enemy in one terrain, you defeat them, they sign a peace treaty and that's it," he told the BBC.
The US and the UK getting involved in another war in the Middle East played into the IS "narrative of crusader invasion", he said, and would also not defeat the group's supporters "located in most of our capital cities".
Meanwhile, Chancellor George Osborne said on Sunday it was "very easy to always count the cost of getting involved" in conflict overseas.
But if the UK had intervened earlier against the Assad government, the conflict may not have escalated to its current situation, he told the BBC.
"Now we're seeing there is a price for not getting involved," he said.
The SNP has said it is "is prepared to listen to the prime minister's case on military intervention".
But it said "as well as its legality, he must address the efficacy of military intervention and how it will contribute to a wider initiative to end civil war and secure reconstruction".But it said "as well as its legality, he must address the efficacy of military intervention and how it will contribute to a wider initiative to end civil war and secure reconstruction".
IS has claimed responsibility for the gun and suicide bomb attacks in the French capital on 13 November, which left 130 dead.
Former defence secretary Liam Fox says Britain should not rule out sending ground troops into Syria as part of an international coalition.
Writing in the Telegraph, he said: "We may still require an international coalition on the ground, similar to that which forced Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait, if we are to rid ourselves of the Isil scourge."
Also in the Telegraph, Lord Dannatt, the former head of the Army, says Syrian refugees in border camps should be armed, trained and returned "to fight for their villages, towns and cities".
"It may sound harsh, but some of their blood should be shed in the attack on Isil before we even consider committing British ground troops to combat," he said.