According to the latest survey, most French people are in favour of military intervention by France in Syria, a poll showed on Saturday, a sharp reversal from a survey in 2013 when the majority opposed government plans for air strikes against Syrian President Bashar Al Assad.
France which was the first country to join the US-led coalition carrying out air strikes on ISIL insurgents in Iraq and Syria has been providing weapons to opposition Syrian Kurdish forces but has repeatedly ruled out a military operation in Syria without a United Nations mandate.
The survey carried out by pollster BVA questioned 1,103 French people. 55 percent of those took part in the survey said they would support French action in Syria compared to 64 percent who were against in 2013.
The survey showed that “92 percent of French say they are personally worried by the situation in Syria,” BVA said in a statement.
Speaking after the fall of the city the city of Tadmur, home to the ancient ruins of Palmyra, French President Francois Hollande said the US-led coalition fighting ISIL militants in Iraq and Syria “had to act”.
Ministers of the coalition’s member countries will meet in Paris on June 2 to plot a strategy, including how to reverse recent losses.
A UN mandate for military intervention is a remote possibility since Russia and China have already vetoed watered-down Security Council resolutions.
