The US-led coalition's military intervention in Syria is under increasing levels of scrutiny, with critics arguing that the coalition has no mandate to conduct military operations in the Arab Republic as it doesn't have Damascus' approval to do so.
A committee of the German Bundestag headed by Die Linke politician Alexander Neu found Russia's military presence in Syria to be “considered permissible in international law” as the Syrian government requested assistance from Moscow, the ARD public broadcaster's Tagesschau news service reported on Tuesday.
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Specifically, Mr. Neu noted that Russian forces are operating in Syria with “explicit approval from the Syrian government.”
The committee described the US-led coalition's ongoing role in the Syria crisis as more complicated, noting that supplying arms to militants in the country was a potential breach of international law.
Furthermore, they said that intervening in Syria to fight Daesh* and other terrorist groups is legal, but only if Syria is “unable or unwilling” to do so itself.
As the Syrian Army has been tirelessly battling the aforementioned groups for years, some of which have received military support from Washington, the parliamentary committee highlighted that many international law experts think the US' intervention in Syria isn't…
