UK refuses to say if it investigated reports of Syria drone strike casualties
by Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor from World news | The Guardian on (#69SS0)
MoD refuses to say whether it has looked into claims civilians were injured in December strike
Britain's Ministry of Defence is refusing to say whether it conducted an investigation into reports of civilian casualties after an RAF drone strike conducted against a terrorist target in northern Syria last December.
Ben Wallace, the defence secretary, told MPs on Monday that a Reaper drone was used to attack a leading Daesh [Islamic State] member in al-Bab, northern Syria" on 20 December, the latest strike in controversial policy of attempted targeted killing.
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