Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has correctly called the US troops in Syria invaders because under international law foreign governments can’t deploy troops to sovereign countries, senior analyst Ken Stone says.
Assad told Chinese TV station Phoenix on Saturday that that “any foreign troops coming to Syria without our invitation … are invaders,” but indicated that there was still room for potential cooperation between Damascus and Washington.
The counter-terrorism fight “cannot be from the air, it should be in cooperation with the troops on the ground, that’s why the Russians succeeded,” Assad said.
Stone, a member of the Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War, told press TV on Saturday that “President Assad is absolutely correct in calling the US troops in Syria invaders because under international law foreign governments can’t station troops or…