Written question asked by Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 23 February 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 28 February 2017 (named day). It was answered by Michael Fallon (Conservative) on Tuesday, 28 February 2017 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.
Middle East: Military Intervention
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK citizens have been identified by his Department as having been killed in British airstrikes on Syria and Iraq.
- Answer
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In support of the Coalition campaign in Iraq and Syria, British airstrikes target Daesh fighters irrespective of nationality and it is not possible to identify how many of these might have been UK Citizens. On 7 September 2015 the then Prime Minister announced that two Daesh fighters, Ruhul Amin and Reyaad Khan, who were of British nationality, had been killed in British airstrikes because they had posed a direct threat to the UK.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 65340
- Session
- 2016-17
- Subjects
- British nationals abroad Iraq Syria Military intervention
- Contains statistics
- Yes
- Link
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- 2017-02-28 16:43:31 +0000
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