Summary

  • UK launches first air strikes against so-called Islamic State in Syria

  • Cyprus-based RAF Tornado jets target oil fields in eastern Syria

  • Prime Minister David Cameron warns campaign 'is going to take time'

  • Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn had said case for war 'does not stack up'

  • MPs voted in favour of military action in Syria by 397 to 223

Live Reporting

Stephen Robb, Alison Daye and Emma Harrison

  1. 500lb bombs

    The strikes were carried out by RAF Tornado jets, the Ministry of Defence says.

    Two Tornados left RAF Akrotiri base in Cyprus with three 500lb Paveway bombs each and returned just over three hours later without those weapons, the BBC's Jonathan Beale reports.

    In all, four Tornados left the base overnight.

    An RAF Tornado jet at Akrotiri base, CyprusGetty Images

    An RAF Tornado jet at Akrotiri base, Cyprus

  2. Air strikes launched

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