British Parliament -- like Belgium 's -- will weigh request to participate in Iraq airstrikes . Airstrikes have resumed in eastern Syria , a U.S. official tells CNN . The United States is not participating directly but has sent military advisers and aircraft for the first time since last year when it began bombing ISIS targets inside Syria. U.S. airstrikes have `` stopped the onslaught ''
British Parliament -- like Belgium 's -- will weigh request to participate in Iraq airstrikes . Airstrikes have resumed in eastern Syria , a U.S. official tells CNN . President Barack Obama urges ISIS fighters to `` leave the battlefield while they can '' U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry : U.S. airstrikes have `` stopped the onslaught ''