By Jonny Hogg and Raheem Salman KARACA Turkey/BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Islamic State fighters tightened their siege on a town on Syria's border with Turkey on Friday despite U.S. led air strikes aimed at defeating the militants in both Syria and Iraq. Washington's closest ally in the wars of the last decade joined the coalition at last on Friday after weeks of weighing its options: Britain's parliament voted 542 to 43 to back Prime Minister David Cameron's decision to join air strikes on Iraq. "This is not a threat on the far side of the world. …

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