Russian airstrikes mainly hitting Syrian civilians, says defence secretary Michael Fallon
UK defence secretary Michael Fallon has accused Russia of protecting Syria's Assad regime by targeting airstrikes at civilians.
He told The Sun that very few strikes by the country, which began its launches there earlier this week, were hitting Islamic State (IS) militants.
We're analysing where the strikes are going every morning. The vast majority are not against IS at all.Our evidence indicates they are dropping unguided munitions in civilian areas, killing civilians, and they are dropping them against the Free Syrian forces fighting Assad… He's shoring up Assad and perpetuating the suffering.
In terms of the UK, Fallon said he thought it would be “morally wrong” not to extend its bombing campaign to Syria.
We can't leave it to French and Australian, American aircraft to keep our own British streets safe.
In 2013, Prime Minister David Cameron lost to former Labour leader Ed Miliband in a commons vote on whether to begin strikes against the Assad regime.
Labour has since shown increasing support towards conducting strikes against IS, whose strength has intensified in the country. However, new Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is against taking action in the country.