British drones to gather intelligence over Syria

London;

 British drones deployed to  counter Islamic
State jihadists in Iraq will also be used  for
survillance over Syria,the government in,
 London said

Foreign  Secretary Philip Hammond announced
last week that unmanned  reaper drones were
being  re-deployed from Afghanistan to the
Middle East.

Britain's parliament has authorised air strikes in
Iraq where fighters jets are part of an international
operation conducting bombing raids  on IS group
targets but not in Syria.

Defence Secretary Miichael Fallon said in a
written statement to parliament that the drones
would start operations very shortly.
As well as their operations over Iraq ,both
 Reapers and Rivet Joint surveilliance aircraft
will be authorised to fly surveilliance  nissions
over Syria to gather intelligence as part of our
efforts to protect our national security from
the terrorist threat emanating from there ,he said.

During the debate on strikes against targets
 in Iraq last month .Prime Minister Daved
Cameron said he would return to Parliament
to seek fresh  permission if  it was neccssary
to extend the action to Syria.

As  well as sending eight jets which are flying
sorties out of Cyprus, Britain is supplying
weapons ammunition and training to Kurdish
Peshmerga force.

The IS group controls large areas of the territory
in Iraq and Syria,where it has declared an Islamic
"caliphate" prompting a US-led coalition to launch
air strikes  which have so far lasted for several month.