Syria may spur global rise in unilateral intervention
The nature of external intervention in the conflict risks eroding the internationally accepted norms for war
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- Precedents for unilateral action
- United States
- Russia
- Justifications for intervention
- Self-defence
- State sponsors of terrorism
- Iran and Russia
- Humanitarian grounds
- Interventions by proxy
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_350.jpg "Regime forces in the town of al-Qaryatain, Syria (Reuters/SANA/Reuters)")