A BOLTON MP has written to her colleagues in Parliament to urge them to vote against the Government’s plan to bomb Syria in today’s crucial commons vote.

Prime Minister David Cameron will attempt to convince MPs to sanction air strikes against Islamic State targets in the Middle Eastern country later today but Yasmin Qureshi has called on her colleagues not to repeat the “mistakes of Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya” after returning from a fact-finding mission to the region last week.

Ms Qureshi, who represents Bolton South East, penned the letter to Labour MPs after travelling to the capital cities of Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon with the Foreign Affairs Select Committee last week to find out how to tackle the murderous terrorist group.

MPs will vote on the proposals in Parliament today and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has afforded his party a free vote on the issue, while outlining his personal opposition to the plan.

Ms Qureshi said she stands with her party leader on the subject and wants other Labour MPs to follow suit in today’s vote, warning of "many innocent civilian deaths" as a result of the proposed air strikes.

She said: “I have returned unconvinced that there is a case for effective air strikes in Syria.

“Instead I returned to an inbox full of emails from constituents urging me to oppose a vote on air strikes — my decision is an obvious one, but by no means an easy one.”

In her letter to Labour MPs, she explains that other members of the select committee visited other key cities in the region and the group shared information before coming to a group of conclusions.

These included an assertion that ISIS funding must be stopped and that there must be work done to encourage regional co-operation against the murderous group with countries like Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Egypt and Tunisia, who should send in troops.

In her letter to Labour MPs, Ms Qureshi writes: “We must be mindful that the consequences of a military offensive will almost certainly create a larger refugee crisis.

“Lebanon has taken 1.2 million refugees, many of whom live in dire improvised conditions and potentially risk radicalisation, Europe too must be prepared to take on more refugees when the numbers inevitably increase, if systems are not put in place to better support them, there is a strong suggestion that some will become vulnerable targets for ISIS recruitment.”

She adds: “All of the conversations and meetings we had last week confirmed that in the absence of a proper strategy — which must be informed through better on-the-ground knowledge and intelligence — there is a real danger that any military intervention will almost certainly lead us in the same direction of Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya — it is a message that we must urgently heed.”

Conservative Bolton West MP Chris Green admitted the decision on Syria is “huge”. He said: “The biggest decision any country has to make is whether or not to go to war.

“People have been talking about Syria for four years and we have to make a decision whether to carry on talking and see more people die and more people become refugees or take action.

“But I want to further understand the strength of the alliance that appears to be forming between countries like Iran, Saudi Arabia, Russia and the U.S.

“I also want to hear assurances that the local ground troops in the region are willing and capable of supporting legitimate aims and will not turn into another Al-Qaeda or ISIS.”

Ms Qureshi's Labour colleague, Bolton North East MP David Crausby has already said he agrees with her and Mr Corbyn that air strikes alone in Syria will not work.