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Special representative: Military operation against Syria without UN SC decision - illegal

Politics Materials 28 August 2013 15:59 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku, August 28/Trend, A.Taghiyeva/

Any military operation against Syria without a relevant decision by the UN Security Council contradicts international law, the Joint Special Representative of the United Nations and the League of Arab States on the Syrian crisis, Lakhdar Brahimi reported this on Wednesday during a press conference in Geneva, Al Jazeera TV channel reported.

He also added that it is necessary to use political methods avoiding military intervention for solving the crisis in Syria.

Some Western countries, as well as Turkey have already supported intervention to Syria following another escalation of the situation in the country. On August 21 Media outlets informed about the large-scale use of chemical weapons near Damascus by the Syrian Government Troops.

According to the preliminary data, over 600 people became the victims of the attack. National Coalition of Syrian Opposition claims that the number of victims could reach 1,300 people. After the incident the parties of the conflict repeatedly declared about their innocence, and accused the opponents.

Earlier the US president declared that the use of chemical weapon will be a "red line" for Bashar Assad regime. Media outlets reported about the preparation of Navy and Air Force of these countries to begin the intervention.

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