`` Unlike Iraq in 2003 , the triggering event in Syria a decade later is not a shaky argument that the government possesses weapons of mass destruction , but a rocket assault that left hundreds of victims convulsing and gasping for breath , glassy-eyed and foaming at the mouth -- all classic symptoms of a reaction to poison gas . '' British members of parliament voted against military intervention in Syria . The vote goes against the government 's motion and against President Barack Obama 's intentions .
British members of parliament voted against military intervention in Syria . The vote goes against the government 's motion and against President Barack Obama 's intentions .