By Jieying Ding
Although the Obama administration has domestic legal
justifications for its use of airstrikes in Syria, an international legal justification
may be hard to find. According to The
Daily Beast, both the Syrians and their Russian allies have objected to
U.S. airstrike under international law. A senior fellow at the Center for
American Progress expressed his disappointment at lack of support in
international law because it’s important for U.S. to be seen as adhering to
international legal principles, especially after it accused Russia of violating
international law. Individual self-defense and collective self-defense are the
two potential international legal justifications, but both have wide
controversies.
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