“It is right now we should be looking again at the more kinetic options and the military options, but we must be realistic about how these in fact work and what is deliverable,” Johnson said. Barack Obama is expected to meet his top foreign policy advisers today to discuss options for Syria, including the possibility of military action. It would risk direct military confrontation with Russia, which has said it will shoot down any Western aircraft carrying out strikes against government-held areas of Syria. Russia’s foreign minister accused Johnson of “politicking” after the Foreign Secretary called this week for anti-war protests outside the Russian embassy. Britain has killed more than 1,700 ISIL terrorists in air strikes in Iraq and Syria, according to official figures.

Source: National Post October 14, 2016 14:48 UTC