UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said drone attacks in Syria by RAF, which are believed to have killed 330 ISIS militants over a period of one year, could be legally questioned and challenged.

On Wednesday, UK defence secretary Michael Fallon declared that the drone attacks conducted from September 2014 to August 2015 in Syria was successful in killing 330 ISIS fighters, without having any civilian casualty. In addition, Prime Minister David Cameron might increase the airstrikes against ISIS in Syria and Iraq after seeking parliamentary approval, reported the Guardian.

Corbyn, who presides over the meetings of “stop the War Coalition,” has expressed doubt about the future of such endeavour and said that the drone attacks were “legally questionable.” Earlier, Mr Cameron said that these attacks which killed suspected militants Reyaad Khan and Ruhul Amin were justified as acts of “self defence” and said the attacks were not devoid of legal basis, which was also backed by Attorney General Jeremy Wright.

He has involved himself in finding ways to end the five-year long Syrian civil war that has killed thousands and displaced millions. The country is caught between the conflict of Syrian security forces who are loyal to the president, groups opposing them and ISIS militants taking advantage of the crumbling order.

“I’m in no way a supporter of the Assad government or Isis,” Corbyn said while arguing that the drone attacks those are being carried out in Syria are not the perfect solution to the present crisis because it would ultimately leave innocent civilians dead and injured.

In an attempt to help end the violence in Syria, Cobryn suggested that countries like Russia, U.S. among others should work together to politically restructure Syria and bring about rapid growth in the region.

He further stated that Britain had done a mistake by not joining the European Union refugee program three years back as he believes that it also has a responsibility under the Geneva Convention to allow people trying to flee poverty, civil war or persecution.

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