UK Parliament to Vote Wednesday on Joining Syria Air Strikes

Britain's parliament is to hold a vote Wednesday on joining air strikes against Islamic State (IS) group targets in Syria, Prime Minister David Cameron said Monday.

"I can announce that I will be recommending to Cabinet tomorrow that we hold a debate and a vote in the House of Commons to extend the air strikes," Cameron said. 

"We will make sure that we have a very long and full debate on Wednesday."

The prime minister added that Britain wanted to "answer the call from our allies and work with them because ISIL (another acronym for IS) is a threat to our country and this is the right thing to do."

His announcement came a few hours after the main opposition Labor party decided to let its MPs vote with their individual consciences rather than trying to force them to oppose military action.

This means that Cameron is now expected to get the clear majority he wanted before calling a vote in parliament on the issue.