UK accused of ‘targeted killing’ after drone strike on arms dealer to IS

Rights charity Reprieve seeks answers from MoD over death of Abu Hamza al-Shuhail in Syria in October

Britain has been accused of reviving a policy of targeted killing" after it emerged that the RAF had killed an arms dealer linked to Islamic State in a precision drone strike in Syria at the end of October.

Reprieve, a human rights charity, asked what are the criteria" used to justify who can be targeted in a track and kill" drone strike, and called on ministers to tell the Commons why this strike was deemed necessary.