Salmond: Hilary Benn’s Syria speech would have made his dad turn in his grave

Former SNP leader attacked shadow foreign secretary for his pro-war stance
Syria air strikes vote as-it-happened

All the debate from the House of Commons and beyond as MPs debated whether to launch attacks against IS in Syria
The day Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership withered on the vine

Labour retreat on Syria could spell the beginning of the end for his leadership
Does the anti-war left realise war already started?

Our inaction in Syria against Isis leads to civilian deaths just as our air strikes will. We must stop pretending that non-intervention is somehow morally superior.
Even supporters of Syrian intervention should be wary of sabre-rattling in the press

The war-mongering in the Sun does nothing to reflect the complex strategic and moral realities of intervention in Syria
Syria: Hague ‘hopes’ Russians can be trusted

Britain will watch Russia’s approach to the fledgling Syrian chemical weapons deal “very carefully” in the coming days, William Hague has warned.
World in ‘strategic anarchy’ as Syria conflict drags on

World leaders’ retreat towards living ‘tactically’ has left global politics facing “a state of sublimated strategic anarchy”, a think-tank has warned.
Comment: Syrians won’t benefit from this unworkable chemical weapons fudge

Even if Syria complied with the Russian initiative, the regime has enough conventional and biological weapons to continue their assault on the Syrian people.
Cameron: Syrian chemical weapons deal ‘should be taken seriously’

A Russian proposal for Syria to hand over its chemical weapons supply should be taken seriously, the prime minister said today.
Comment: The drift towards war in Syria is nobody’s policy

The press has interpreted David Cameron’s Commons defeat on Syria as a collapse in his support, a disaster for our ‘special relationship’ and a guarantee that there will be no British military action in Syria. They couldn’t be more wrong.