Britain to hold vote on launching Syria air strikes on Wednesday

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron said he would hold a debate and vote in parliament on Wednesday to decide whether to launch air strikes against Islamic State in Syria. "I will be recommending to Cabinet tomorrow that we hold a debate and a vote in the House of Commons to extend the air strikes that we've carried out against ISIL in Iraq, that we extend that to Syria," he said in a televised statement. (Reporting by William James; editing by Elizabeth Piper)