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Thursday 4 September 2014 - 23:50
Story Code : 115052

UK could launch strikes against Isis in Syria without Assad's support, says PM

[caption id="attachment_110050" align="alignright" width="278"] British Prime Minister David Cameron[/caption]
David Cameron ramps up case for UK action as he suggests support of Syria's president is not needed under international law
David Cameronhas for the first time opened a legal path to strikeIslamic State (Isis)insideSyriaby sayingBashar al-Assad's government is illegitimate.

He suggested the west would not need an invitation from Assad under international law to strike at Isis within Syrian borders.

Speaking at the start of the Nato summit in Wales, Cameron ramped up the case for UK involvement in air strikes inIraq, saying that Isis represented a direct threat to the UK and that decisions on strikes would be taken if they were in the national interest.

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