Syria: World reacts to Britain’s decision

America was shocked, Israel outraged and Russia gleeful – here is how the world’s press reacted to Thursday night’s defeat of David Cameron’s motion on Syria in the House of Commons.

Yesterday’s vote on Syria on the front page of Spain’s El Pais and The New York Times. Photo: EL PAIS/THE NEW YORK TIMES

By Harriet Alexander, and Andrew Webster

7:22PM BST 30 Aug 2013

Pensive looking, his face creased into a frown, President Barack Obama was pictured on the front page of Thursday’s New York Daily News with the headline “The British aren’t coming!”

“President Obama is starting to look more like the Lone Ranger than Paul Revere,” the paper said. “England joined Germany Thursday in abandoning the US march to war.”

Their consternation at the United States having to “go it alone” was echoed across the American press – albeit in a more refined manner.

The Washington Post headline read “Obama can go it alone on Syria. More lawmakers clamour for vote. British cooperation seems unlikely.” The Los Angeles Times said “US willing to go solo on Syria,” and in an editorial the paper expressed its own reservations about military action.

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[hat tip: What Really Happened]