Britain Votes to Bomb ISIS

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Updated Apr. 13, 2017 6:12PM ET / Published Dec. 02, 2015 5:34PM ET

Yiannis Kourtoglou/Reuters

The British House of Commons voted Wednesday evening in favor of launching airstrikes against ISIS targets in Syria. Until now, the Royal Air Force only took part in the coalition bombing campaign in Iraq.

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