Labour would review RAF bombing raids on Syria and Iraq immediately if Jeremy Corbyn wins
RAF bombing raids in Syria and Iraq would be immediately reviewed should Labour win the General Election, Jeremy Corbyn has said.
Jeremy Corbyn says he will review the RAF bombing raids in Syria and Iraq if Labour wins
The Labour leader said there is a need to examine the sorties and presence of the RAF "straight away", adding this fits in with his wider desire to reignite the peace process and deal with the Syrian conflict.
He added terror group Islamic State, also referred to as Isis or Daesh, would be isolated from such a process and stressed he would not seek talks with them.
MPs backed air strikes in Iraq against IS in 2014 and extended this to include Syria in 2015.
Mr Corbyn, in response to being asked if he would immediately withdraw RAF from sorties in Syria and Iraq if he became prime minister, replied: "On what we'll do over RAF presence and sorties, we will examine what they're doing straight away, we'll examine what their presence is straight away.
We will examine what they're doing straight away, we'll examine what their presence is straight away
"But above all, that fits in to the whole point I'm saying that I'd do everything I possibly could in order to reignite the peace process to ensure there is Geneva III dealing with the conflict in Syria, and clearly isolating Isis is very important.
"Their arms and their money won't come from nowhere. They are being supported by a lot of people who are pouring money and arms into them.
"And so those people whose lives are being destroyed by Isis and its behaviour need to also be recognised that the people in effect that are killing them are those giving money, arms and allowing them to sell oil - which funds Isis.
The Labour leader said there is a need to examine the sorties
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"There has to be a comprehensive political and economic approach to the conflict."
Asked if he would hold involve IS in talks, Mr Corbyn replied: "No. I've made that clear, no, I'd want to bring about a political solution which would be through the Geneva process."