Syria situation ‘an international armed conflict’ after US missile strike – Red Cross to RT

‘The Red Cross has characterized the current situation in Syria as an “international armed conflict” after the US missile strike on Syrian Shayrat airfield near Homs, the ICRC regional spokesperson told RT.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) spokesperson for the Near and Middle East region, Ralph El Hage, spoke with RT about the shift in the organization’s assessment of the ongoing Syrian conflict. The ICRC previously regarded the conflict as an internal conflict.
“When a military of a certain state attacks the military of another state on the territory of that state, and there are legitimate military targets, that amounts immediately to international armed conflict,” he told RT.’

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