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Jeremy Corbyn has dealt a blow to David Cameron's hopes of bombing Syria by confirming he won't allow Labour MPs a free vote.

The Labour leader suggested he won't 'offer' shadow ministers the chance to back air strikes against ISIS, despite many being in favour .

His comments in the wake of 129 deaths in Paris could scupper the PM's plan to push a bombing plan through Parliament with the help of Labour rebels.

Mr Cameron suffered a humiliating Commons defeat over Syria bombing raids in 2013 and he is anxious to avoid the same thing happening again.

Britain is attacking ISIS targets, also called ISIL or Islamic State, in Iraq but Parliament has not given approval to extend raids into Syria.

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The PM's 'incoherent' strategy has already been slammed by the Foreign Affairs select committee, which warned bombing raids be illegal if not approved by the UN .

Labour's leader told Sky News he won't rule out backing some Tory plans depending on the views of his party.

But he says joining US and French bombing raids won't help - and could actually make things worse.

Mr Corbyn warned there are 'going to be civilian casualties' in ISIS' Syrian stronghold of Raqqa, which French forces pummelled yesterday .

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And he told Sky News: "I'm just not convinced that a bombing campaign will actually solve anything. It may well make the situation far worse.

"We can't go on in a cycle of wars and destruction, one after the other after the other, which is what we're going through at the moment."

Asked by presenter Kay Burley to confirm he wouldn't allow a free vote, he said: "That is indeed the view... I don't think a free vote is something that we're offering."

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He explained: "We will come to a position as a party on this.

"I've given my views on it, Hilary Benn gave his views yesterday [against airstrikes] as the Shadow Foreign Secretary.

"We have a meeting of the shadow cabinet later on today and we will be having a meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party this evening.

"I want us to be able to put together a proposal, a series of measures that do enhance the security of people in this country."