UK weighs more action against IS in Syria after Tunisia attack


  • World
  • Thursday, 02 Jul 2015

The coffin of Carly Lovett is carried from an RAF C-17, which repatriated the bodies of eight British nationals killed in the Tunisia terror attack, to a hearse at RAF Brize Norton near Oxford in Britain July 1, 2015. REUTERS/Joe Giddens/Pool

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is considering whether it could and should do more to help defeat Islamic State militants in Syria after a deadly attack in Tunisia last week killed up to 30 of its nationals, a spokeswoman for Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday.

As part of a U.S.-led coalition against IS, Britain conducts regular air strikes in neighbouring Iraq and flies drones over Syria to gather intelligence on the militant group.

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