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US strikes on jihadists crude violation of law: Russia

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AFP Moscow
Last Updated : Sep 11 2014 | 6:40 PM IST
Russia today said that unilateral US airstrikes on jihadists in Syria would be a crude violation of international law.
"In the absence of an appropriate decision of the UN Security Council, such a step would become an act of aggression, a crude violation of the norms of international law," said Alexander Lukashevich, a spokesman for the Russian foreign ministry, in televised comments.

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First Published: Sep 11 2014 | 6:40 PM IST

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