The government is trying to build up support among lawmakers for military action before calling a vote in Parliament, which could come next week.
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He said the party must remain united under Corbyn, whatever his decision on the Syria vote.
Mr Corbyn used an appearance on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show to insist the decision on how to approach a vote would rest with him.
Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn has bowed to pressure from Shadow Cabinet colleagues and given Labour MPs a free vote on whether to extend airstrikes against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) from Iraq into Syria when Prime Minister David Cameron calls a vote.
The source said senior Labour MPs, including foreign affairs spokesman Hilary Benn, would be able to argue the case for military action, and against their party leader, without being forced to resign as would usually be the case.
The Unite general secretary accused Labour MPs of a “sickening” effort to get rid of Mr Corbyn by exploiting the row over Syria.
The UK’s Royal Air Force are already in action over Iraq, but have not thus far been authorised to carry out any sorties in Syria.
“They should listen to the arguments being made before thinking about how to vote on this issue because there is a compelling case that taking military action can help tackle the ISIS problem”.
On that occasion, Labour did not give its lawmakers a free vote and ordered them to vote against the government.
It’s all about the numbers.
But David Cameron’s conservative government is hoping for a green light from MPs as early as next week. In fact, it wants an emphatic win.
He wrote: “The thought that some Labour MPs might be prepared to play intra-party politics over an issue such as this will sicken all decent people”.
Cameron lost a vote in parliament on air strikes against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces in 2013. I talk to people who do not agree with me, I talk to people who agree with me.
It will be a crucial week. “I’m enjoying every moment of it”.
“I think it is incredibly important for us not to turn this into a question and debate about the inner workings and mechanisms of a shadow cabinet, which is 30 people sitting round a table in the bubble of Westminster”. It’s much bigger than it’s been in all of my lifetime.
“On November 13, a day we will never forget, France was hit at its very heart”, Hollande told a somber commemoration in the Invalides, the 17th century complex housing Napoleon’s tomb on Friday, as cited by AFP.
The veteran MP, who was a regular rebel on the backbenches, said: “I understand dissent, I understand disagreement from leadership”.
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Even MPs who share Mr Corbyn’s opposition to air strikes and believe he should whip the vote have expressed despair at his handling of the situation.
