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Ed Miliband still doesn't think Britain should bomb Syria - two years after he blocked David Cameron's last bid to launch air strikes in the country.

The former Labour leader spoke out after Jeremy Corbyn faced attacks from his own backbenchers over a looming Commons vote.

Several Labour MPs want to join David Cameron next week and vote to attack ISIS in Syria , despite Mr Corbyn warning it may do no good.

But Mr Miliband stood his ground tonight - even as ex-soldier MP Dan Jarvis joined those who say Britain should 'draw on all the military tools at our disposal'.

As Labour leader he helped defeat the possibility of military action against Syria in 2013, when there was an outcry over behaviour by President Assad's forces.

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This time the situation is different, with ISIS being the specific enemies the PM wants to target in Syria's bloody civil war.

Yet Mr Miliband told BBC Newsnight: "I think it's a different case but it's a case I'm yet to be convinced of."

He raised a report by the influential Foreign Affairs select committee which warned David Cameron against bombing ISIS without a 'coherent' strategy for the aftermath.

"ISIL have got to be defeated but... there are two issues in particular," he said.

"Who is going to do the ground operations against ISIL in Syria? Because there hasn't been a clear answer from the government back about that.

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"What has the political settlement that we're working towards in Syria? They haven't been clear about that.

"The Prime Minister's promised answers on this. Let's see if the answers are convincing."

David Cameron will come to the Commons on Thursday with a seven-point plan to deal with ISIS in Syria, including military action.

He has asked MPs to 'consider it over the weekend' before returning to the Commons for a formal vote many believe will be next week.

One report suggested that could be as early as Wednesday.