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U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron said he was recalling Parliament on Sept. 26 to vote on joining airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Iraq.

The decision follows a request for help from the Iraqi government, and the House of Commons will debate on a substantive motion, Camerons office said in an e-mailed statement today.

Cameron, who is in New York attending the United Nations General Assembly, has the backing of his Liberal Democrat coalition partners and opposition Labour Party leader Ed Miliband for airstrikes.

When Parliament voted on attacking Syria last year, Milibands on-the-day decision to vote against action led to Cameron losing the vote. The execution of a British hostage by Islamic State, also known as ISIL, and the threat to execute another Briton, has made the case for military action easier to support.

In a televised interview, Cameron said action against Islamic State was legal and right, and British troops would not be deployed on the ground.

As ever with our country, when we are threatened in this way, we should not turn away from what needs to be done, he said. I am confident we will get this through Parliament on an all-party basis.

He said any proposal to join U.S. airstrikes against Islamic State in Syria would require a separate parliamentary vote and debate.

Cameron addresses the UN at about 7 p.m. New York time today, and will then fly back to chair a cabinet meeting in London tomorrow at 1 p.m. He is due to meet Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi before he speaks.

Weve already made the request for U.K. and for any other coalition member to offer military support such as air cover at the Paris conference, Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, speaking in Arabic, said in an interview at the UN. Were waiting for the details of the parliamentary approval the U.K. government needs.

U.K. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, the Liberal Democrat leader, confirmed his party will be backing the call for airstrikes.

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Cameron Recalls U.K. Parliament to Vote on Islamic State Attacks