France and the United States are already bombing Islamist militants in Syria, while Russia has bombed mainly other rebels, but there was a debate in Britain whether to join the air strikes on the ISIS militants. After more than 10 hours of tense debate, British lawmakers have finally voted in favour of the air strikes, by 397 to 223. Shortly after the verdict of the Britain's parliament, British fighter jets took off from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus early on Thursday to bomb Islamic State targets in Syria.