he government will seriously consider the request from America to fight even in Syria against IS. So far the Netherlands alone carried out attacks in Iraq. More and more countries have recently also go bombing in Syria because there IS is particularly active.
Nieuwsuur tonight a debate between Joël Voordewind (Christian Union) and Harry van Bommel (SP).
Example
In a letter to the Government has asked the US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter to step up the fight against IS. Foreign Minister, Bert Koenders, will discuss in the Cabinet or Dutch F-16s, which IS now bombings in Iraq, including in Syria will be deployed.
If the Netherlands will participate in Syria, it follows the example of Germany, Britain, France, Russia and the United States. Previously asked the French after the attacks in Paris the European member states although for military support.
The British have now conducted their first air strikes on Syria. Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday got support from the parliament also known to attack Syria.
The German parliament approved the deployment of up to 1,200 German soldiers in the fight against IS today. It is mainly soldiers patrol flights will support over Syria.
The coalition of VVD and PvdA are divided. VVD Minister Jeanine Hennis defense advocates bombing also in Syria, but Labour minister Bert Koenders of Foreign Affairs hesitates. He first wants to see is a political plan on the future of Syria. It must be clear who will govern the country, says the Labor Party, which wants to avoid that Syrian President Assad soon the laughing third party.
According to Koenders, the debate on deployment in Syria have come to be in a new perspective. He points not only to the American and French requests, but also to a recent UN resolution calling on the international community called on IS to combat by all means.
Dutch contribution
Since October 2014 Netherlands contributes to the international coalition against IS. There are four F-16s and about 300 troops operating in Iraq. Also leading Dutch troops and Iraqi Kurdish forces on. The F-16s have since more than a year in 1500, while flights operated 1,200 times dropped bombs and other weapons used.
The heart of IS
According to the Commander of the Defence Staff Tom Middendorp about military and strategic heart of IS in Syria. "There are training camps, here comes their direction from. IS only fight in Iraq is still a bit like fighting only the symptoms of the disease and not the disease itself."
No plan
The Cabinet meets today. It is not certain whether the US request is discussed. Hennis minister said yesterday that it still so fresh that there was no plan to discuss it.
According to Minister Koenders it may be a while before the government makes a decision. He says that must be given to whether intensification of Dutch participation in the international coalition is effective and suggests that the Netherlands is a small country is already leading the fight against IS in Iraq.
Hennis spoke of a new weighing time and said the government will consider in the coming days or weeks on the request. "I do not know how much time it takes." She emphasized that the request is about increased participation in the fight against IS and get involved in Syria but is one of the options.
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