Syria strikes: Top expert questions Tony Abbott's motivation for air strikes in Syria

By Adam Gartrell
Updated August 30 2015 - 2:08am, first published 12:15am

Australian air strikes in Syria will do little to damage Islamic State so the motivation for authorising them appears to be political, one of the nation's top Middle East experts says.

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