the group in September last year, Britain's Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has said.
"This figure is highly
approximate, not least given the absence of UK ground troops in a
position to observe the effects of strike activity," Fallon said in a
written parliamentary statement.
"We do not believe there have been any civilian casualties as a result of UK strike activity."
Britain has regularly conducted
attacks on ISIS targets in Iraq as part of U.S.-led air strikes, but
does not take part in raids in Syria after Prime Minister David Cameron
lost a 2013 parliamentary vote to approve military action against Syrian
President Bashar al-Assad.
Cameron is keen to win
parliamentary backing to extend raids against Islamic State into Syria,
with Fallon saying the current position is illogical.
However, some members of
Cameron's Conservative party are opposed to expanding air strikes and
newly elected opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is a veteran
anti-war campaigner meaning he could not be certain of winning a vote.
Earlier this month, Cameron said
two British nationals who had been fighting for ISIS had been killed by
an RAF drone strike in Syria. He justified this move on the grounds of
self-defense, saying one of the men had been plotting to carry out
attacks on Britain.
Source: Newsweek
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