“Why Syria and not Saudi Arabia?”: Jeremy Corbin

YemenExtra

SH.A.

Britain’s opposition Labor Party leader Jeremy Corbin on Monday questioned the legal basis for Britain’s involvement in the attacks on Syria, saying the strike in Syria raises many legal questions.

“Why Syria and not Saudi Arabia?” Corbin asked the prime minister at an emergency session of parliament in London over the British strike in Syria on Saturday.

“The Yemeni crisis is the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. Why does the British government continue to support Saudi Arabia?” He said, noting that Britain had moved in Syria but had not moved in Yemen, which is facing a humanitarian catastrophe.

“We do not really see any other countries hit,” he said, adding that “installations were hit in Saudi Arabia, especially since the kingdom uses phosphorous and banned munitions according to a report published by the humanitarian organization last month.”

“How does this fit with Britain continuing to sell arms to Saudi Arabia?” He continued.

Corbin stressed that the military movements in Syrian territory were preceded by the investigation of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, stressing that the British parliament has the authority to approve or reject military actions.

He called on the British opposition to develop a law to become parliament debates for military interventions binding.

The head of the British Labor Party called on the prime minister to work with all countries including Russia and Iran to resolve the Syrian crisis.