British lawmakers expected to approve airstrikes against ISIS

British lawmakers expected to approve airstrikes against ISIS
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British Parliament is expected to approve Prime Minister David Cameron's proposal to join the U.S.-led campaign of airstrikes against ISIS militants in Iraq. Lawmakers are meeting in a specially convened session to consider the matter today. Cameron moved carefully after lawmakers rejected airstrikes against Syrian government forces last year, a humiliating political defeat, but leaders across the political spectrum say Cameron has broad support to bomb the Islamist militant group. Read more at NBC News.

Update: As expected, British Parliament approved airstrikes against ISIS targets in Iraq by a wide margin, 524 votes to 43. That said, there were clear reservations across the political spectrum about doing the same in Syria. The Guardian has more.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.