Muscle-Flexing: UK deploys warplanes in Cyprus, 100km from Syria (VIDEO)

Syria looks set to face a military onslaught as British media report that warplanes and transport jets are being deployed at the UK's airbase in Cyprus.

The spot is just a hundred kilometres from the Syrian coastline and is expected to become a launch-point for a US-led campaign against the Assad government.

RT's Lucy Kafanov joins the studio with the details.

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