Ministers reject calls for fresh debate over Syrian air strikes
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Clifford Armion
le 09/01/2013
Activer le mode zenNicholas Watt
Britain has ruled out any involvement in military strikes against Syria despite cross-party calls for David Cameron to consult parliament again if definitive evidence emerges linking the Assad regime to the chemical weapons attack in Syria.Amid divisions within the Labour party after Ed Miliband killed off any British involvement in military strikes, the former foreign secretary Sir Malcolm Rifkind led the calls for options to be kept open.
The intervention by Rifkind echoed similar calls from a range of figures – including from the former Tory leader Lord Howard, the former Liberal Democrat leader Lord Ashdown and the former Labour cabinet minister Ben Bradshaw.
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Ministers reject calls for fresh debate over Syrian air strikes, La Clé des Langues [en ligne], Lyon, ENS de LYON/DGESCO (ISSN 2107-7029), janvier 2013. Consulté le 25/03/2025. URL: https://cle.ens-lyon.fr/anglais/archives/archives-revue-de-presse/ministers-reject-calls-for-fresh-debate-over-syrian-air-strikes