Expert: U.S. Airstrikes on the Syrian Arab Republic violate international law
The air strikes, the U.S. without the consent of the official Damascus is applied to the positions of the terrorists in the Syrian Arab Republic, violate international law, said in an interview Tagesspiegel famous German jurist, Professor of the University of Hamburg Reinhard Merkel.
according to him, the attacks on the Syrian Arab Republic are illegal military intervention, according to paragraph 4 of article 2 of the UN Charter. Such interference is illegal, because its purpose could be achieved and with the consent of the Syrian authorities, who were willing to interact, said the lawyer, RIA " Novosti ". However, according to Reinhard Merkel, the United States has not filed such an appeal to Damascus, for fear of " losing face " once for many years supported the militants and depicted Bashar al-Assad as " the devil incarnate "." Thus, this intervention, despite its legitimate purpose, is illegal, as the legitimate path was rejected, " said the lawyer. Along with this, He added, about the violation of international law say it will not be necessary, If it turns out that between Damascus and Washington was a secret diplomatic agreement. German lawyer also said that none of the major opposition groups in the Syrian Arab Republic does not share democratic ideas, and warned about the danger of " again to Express support for the people ". If the U.S. is going to weaken the Syrian government, He added, it will only strengthen the position of the Islamists. What the West thinks of Bashar al-Assad illegitimate ruler who violated international law, does not justify intervention, said Reinhard Merkel. He also showed the double standards of Western countries, Recalling the words of the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany concerning Damascus: " Who is firing and bombing his own people, loses all legitimacy "." why this does not apply to Eastern Ukraine and the actions of the Ukrainian army, which operates in a similar manner? Isn Kyiv does not attack on its own people and did not bomb it?", He said." You cannot condemn one case and to approve the other, " explained Reinhard Merkel.- Thus discreditied their political and moral arguments, and the arguments of international law ". Remember, since the spring of 2011 in the Syrian Arab Republic continues the civil war between the faithful government forces and militants of the opposition (which includes as well as among them Islamists from the moderate to the most radical). For example, against an incumbent President Bashar al-Assad is fighting grouping " Islamic state ", which also has active operations in neighboring Iraq. September 23, despite the lack of punishment resolution of the UN security Council, the U.S. air force, Together with a number of other countries began strikes on the positions of the grouping " Islamic state " in the Syrian Arab Republic. In air operations against IG on the area of Syria's active participation also take Bahrain, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, which joined the strikes, calling them " help the moderate opposition in Syria."
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