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Thousands rally in UK and Spain against bombing Syria

───   07:33 Sun, 29 Nov 2015

Thousands rally in UK and Spain against bombing Syria | News Article

Thousands of people have protested in London and Madrid against the potential participation of their respective countries in air strikes in Syria, as political momentum mounted to broaden the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.


At least 5,000 people gathered in central London on Saturday, carrying placards reading "Don't bomb Syria", "Drop Cameron, not bombs" and "Don't add fuel to the fire."

The Stop the War Coalition protest movement says Prime Minister David Cameron's incoherent proposals for action in Syria will do nothing to weaken ISIL but will instead inflame the civil war, deepen the misery of the Syrian people and increase the terrorist risk.

Cameron on Thursday laid out the case for British fighter jets, already bombing ISIL targets in Iraq, to join France, the US and others in targeting ISIL strongholds in neighbouring Syria.

Al Jazeera

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