Syria strikes: Salmond says UN mandate needed before SNP backs action

The SNP's foreign affairs spokesman Alex Salmond has said a UN mandate would be a condition for his party to support military action in Syria. The former nationalist leader spoke after his successor Nicola Sturgeon told the BBC she was "prepared to listen" to the case for air strikes. The position of …
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