German Lawmakers Approve Sending 1,200 Troops to Support the Anti-ISIS Mission in Syria

Germany will join France and several of its other allies in the mission to fight ISIS in Syria.

The country's lawmakers overwhelming passed a new plan that will involve sending as many as 1,200 troops as well as reconnaissance jets and a frigate to aid forces in their fight against the terrorist group known as the Islamic State (ISIS). Germany's military forces will not be in any active combat. The vote, which took place in Bundestag, was 445 to 146.

Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen said that the plan to deploy the troops will be "long" and "dangerous."

"The goal... is to fight and contain IS, and destroy their safe havens and their ability to lead worldwide terror operations," the defense minister said reported by the New York Times.

The €134 million ($145 million) plan will begin with two Tornado reconnaissance planes that are going to be sent to the Incirlik Air base in Turkey sometime next week. The frigate has already been ordered to join the French aircraft Charles de Gaulle. The current mission is open ended. It will require yearly approval from parliament to continue.

Germany has already been involved with taking down ISIS in Iraq by providing supplies to the Kurdish fighters. It is now stepping up by answering France's request to bring the fight into Syria.

British lawmakers recently approved ordering airstrikes on Syria. The United Kingdom was a part of an U.S.-led coalition that targeted ISIS in Iraq. However, since the Nov. 13 Paris attacks carried out by ISIS that killed 130 people, ally countries have been willing to extend their forces into Syria.

The British Defense Ministry announced that British forces had bombed six targets inside of an oilfield at Omar. The oilfield is believed to be a huge part of ISIS's "financial income."

"The Omar oilfield is one of the largest and most important to Daesh's financial operations, and represents over 10% of their potential income from oil. Carefully selected elements of the oilfield infrastructure were targeted, ensuring the strikes will have a significant impact on Daesh's ability to extract the oil to fund their terrorism," the Defense Ministry's statement read.

France, the United States, and Russia have all been actively bombing Syrian locations believed to be linked to ISIS. Australia and Canada have also bombed Syria before.