LATEST: 2 fighter jets have just landed in the past few minutes at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, the nearest air base to Syria. It’s as Theresa May is to hold a ‘war cabinet’ later this morning to discuss strike action in #Syria after the alleged chemical weapons attack by Pres. Assad. pic.twitter.com/CcejevPjfW
— Nathan Lee (@NathanLeeTV) April 12, 2018
British fighter jets arrived on Akrotiri airbase, Cyprus in the Eastern Mediterranean.
UK’s Royal Air Force jets are also there ready to swoop into action if the cabinet authorizes airstrikes on Syria.
Two fighter jets left RAF Akrotiri at 5.30am.