(VOVworld) - The Netherlands has agreed to join a US-led air strikes against Islamic State (IS) targets in Syria, the government says.

Two F-16 fighter jets from the Air Force land for a military exercise on one of the runways of Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, January 26, 2016 (Photo: EPA)

The Dutch army is already participating in the coalition by carrying out air strikes in Iraq with four F-16 aircraft specialising in close air support of ground operations by Iraqi forces. According the Dutch government, the four Dutch F-16 jet fighters which have been pounding IS targets in Iraq since October 2014 would "remain active until July 1 over the enlarged zone. France and Britain have promoted airstrike campaign against terrorism in the Middle East following Paris’s terrorist attacks which killed 130 people.