LONDON, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Britain has offered France the use of a Royal Air Force base in Cyprus as an emergency diversion airfield for French fighters combating Islamic State terrorists, also identified as Daesh and by the acronyms ISIS and ISIL.
The Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom said the offer was made by Prime Minister David Cameron to French Prime Minister Francois Hollande as an act of solidarity following the attack on Paris that killed more than 120 people.