A Labour government would move to suspend British air strikes against targets in Syria, Jeremy Corbyn has said.
The Labour leader said his foreign policy priority in the country if he became the Prime Minister would be to urge US President Donald Trump to resume international peace talks in Geneva.
RAF warplanes are currently hitting Isis targets in Iraq and Syria, though they are not engaging with Assad regime targets. The US has made strikes against the Assad regime under Mr Trump, however.
Asked about whether Britain would continue to take part in strikes, Mr Corbyn told the Andrew Marr Show: “I would say to President Trump 'Listen, it's nobody's interests for this war to continue. Let's get the Geneva process going quickly.
“In the meantime, no more strikes. Have the UN investigation into the war crime of the use of chemical weapons in Syria and take it on from there'.
He continued: “I want us to say 'Listen, let's get people around the table quickly'. A way of achieving that - suspend the strikes? Possibly. The point has to be to bring about a political solution.”
The Labour leader refused to be drawn on whether he would be prepared to authorise a drone strike on the leader of Isis Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi if British intelligence discovered his whereabouts.
“What is the objective here? Is the objective to start more strikes which may kill many innocent people, as has happened, or is the objective to get a political solution in Syria? Approach it from that position," he said.
“I think the leader of Isis not being around would be helpful. I am no supporter or defender in any way whatsoever of Isis.
“But I would also argue that the bombing campaign has killed a large number of civilians who are virtually prisoners of Isis, so you have got to think about these things.”
In November 2015, shortly after Mr Corbyn became leader, Labour suffered a split over whether to back air strikes in Syria.
The leader ultimately offered his MPs a free vote on the issue.
Additional reporting by PA
