%0 Journal Article %T Russian Intervention in the Syrian Crisis and the Principle of Non-Intervention in Civil War %J Public Law Studies Quarterly %I University of Tehran %Z 2423-8120 %A Karamzadeh, Siamak %A Alizadeh, Masoud %D 2020 %\ 03/20/2020 %V 50 %N 1 %P 99-115 %! Russian Intervention in the Syrian Crisis and the Principle of Non-Intervention in Civil War %K Principle of Non-Intervention in the Civil War %K Syrian Civil War %K Consent of States %K International Responsibility %R 10.22059/jplsq.2019.272305.1889 %X The Russian intervention in the Syrian civil war in 2015 has raised several legal questions. These questions are generally relating to the legality of intervention. Although the Russian Government has based its intervention on the consent of the Syrian Government for combating terrorism, some believe that this intervention is in contradiction to the principle of non-intervention in the civil war. Under this principle, the foreign States are not allowed to intervene in the conflict to support neither the central government nor the rebellions. In the 70s the International Law Institute suggested that this principle has become a customary rule. However, there is no consensus on the status of this principle as a customary principle of international law. By considering the practice of States and the UN Security Council relating to the Syrian crisis, we can conclude that it is difficult to observe such a restriction on the intervention in the civil war in support of the central government. While there still exist restrictions on the intervention in support of rebellions, the consent of the central State negates the responsibility of the foreign intervening State against the rebellions and in support of the government. %U https://jplsq.ut.ac.ir/article_72970_32af1b1e580a0008c59017f812255eab.pdf