2 December 2016, 17:36 GMT
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Stroebele urged to initiate the investigation against all suspects from the United States and Germany as their actions violate German laws, the Zeit magazine reported.
Earlier this month, Bundestag member of The Left Party Andrej Hunko told Sputnik that the Ramstein Air Base was being used in the US drone warfare, which violates international law, and therefore must be shut down.
The US drone program has been run through the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) since 2002, enabling a degree of secrecy. Many supporters of transparency in the drone program have argued that the authority to carry out strikes should be transferred from the CIA to the Department of Defense.
Drone strikes are generally authorized to destroy high value targets that are not subject to capture. According to estimates by human rights organizations, at least 2,500 civilians have been killed as a result of the US drone strikes.
