FranceFrance will start sending reconnaissance flights over Syria and is considering airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syrian territory, President François Hollande said on Monday, expanding its campaign against the militant group, reports The New York Times.
The French president tied his announcement to two growing sources of concern for the authorities in France and in other European countries: the threat of attacks by Islamist militants radicalized directly in Syria or indirectly by contacts there, and the mounting crisis that has seen thousands of Syrians make their way to the continent in search of safety.
In Britain, Prime Minister David Cameron said that the military had killed three Islamic State fighters in Syria, including two British citizens, who had been planning to attack Britain, The Associated Press reported. Mr. Cameron said the government had received legal approval before proceeding with the attack, and that it had not been not part of the broader coalition campaign against the Islamic State.
