Barack Obama Welcomes British Vote to Join Syria Air Campaign

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Barack Obama hailed a vote on Wednesday by British lawmakers to join the air campaign against the Islamic State group in Syria.
Washington: US President Barack Obama hailed a vote on Wednesday by British lawmakers to join the air campaign against the Islamic State group in Syria.

"Since the beginning of the counter-ISIL campaign the United Kingdom has been one of our most valued partners in fighting ISIL," Obama said in a statement.

"We look forward to having British forces flying with the coalition over Syria and will work to integrate them into our Coalition Air Tasking Orders as quickly as possible."