UK Prime Minister Theresa May says Britain’s involvement in US-led attacks against Syrian forces was “unintentional” and her country is only seeking to fight the Daesh (ISIL) terrorist group in the Arab country.
Speaking at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on Monday, the British premier told reporters that Britain would “fully” contribute to investigations about a series of airstrikes by the Western coalition that killed over 60 Syrian government forces in the Syrian city of Dayr al-Zawr on Saturday.
“From the UK’s point of view we are there to deal with Daesh, to deal with the terrorist threat that is Daesh,” she said.
“We would never intentionally strike or focus on Syrian forces,” May added. “But there is an investigation taking place and we will be contributing to that investigation fully.”
The British Ministry of Defence admitted earlier on Monday that UK drones participated in the airstrikes.
