The Iraqi air strikes on Syria are legal and do not endanger Syria. Here’s why.
The Iraqi air strikes in Syria on Friday have inevitably brought up the question of their legality. The highly probable answer is that the air strikes were legal under international law.
If the air strikes were carried out with the prior permission of the Syrian government, then the question of their legality does not exist: the Iraqi air strikes would be legal, just as Russian air strikes which happen in Syria are.
