LONDON: Britain joined the US-led bombing campaign against Islamic State (IS) jihadists in Syria on Thursday, with air strikes beginning just hours after a decisive parliamentary vote.

Royal Air Force planes based in Cyprus had returned from the “first offensive operation over Syria and have conducted strikes,” a Ministry of Defense spokesman said early Thursday, following a vote Wednesday evening.

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