LONDON (AP) – Prime Minister David Cameron says Britain owes it to allies France and the United States to join airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Syria.
Cameron is trying to persuade reluctant lawmakers to back action, arguing that the Paris attacks have given new urgency to the fight against IS.
He told the House of Commons that U.S. President Barack Obama and French President Francois Hollande had urged Britain to join the military campaign.
“These are our closest allies and they want our help,” he said.
Cameron said if Britain didn’t act after IS-claimed attacks in Paris that killed 130 people, the U.K.’s allies might well ask, “if not now, when?”