Britain could join US-led airstrikes against Islamic militants in Iraq next month, sources said last night.
Military action against Islamic State (Isis) appears increasingly to be on the cards, but not “for a few weeks”, one Whitehall source said.
David Cameron yesterday committed to a Commons vote before any airstrikes unless action was needed to “prevent an intermediate humanitarian catastrophe or indeed secure a really important unique British interest”.
With President Obama under pressure for the mission to begin before mid-term elections in November, Downing Street is working to an assumption that any expanded campaign will start next month. Mr Obama is expected to set out his strategy to “destroy” the militants in a speech tomorrow.
Britain’s probable involvement in US action emerged as Iraq’s