MOSCOW. Sept 3 (Interfax) - A missile strike against Syria without the UN Security Council's go-ahead would be tantamount to a declaration of war against Damascus and a blow to international security and the world order, said chairman of the Federation Council's Defense and Security Committee Viktor Ozerov.

"If we recognize the supremacy of international law and the sovereignty of UN member-states, the start of a U.S. military action against Syria bypassing the UN Security Council could only mean one thing: another American aggression against an Arab state torn apart by civil war," Ozerov told Interfax-AVN on Tuesday.

It would also deal a blow against the world order, on international law and on the nonproliferation principles which Nobel Peace Prize winner Barack Obama will trample underfoot if he launches a military action, Ozerov also said.

"The aftermath of U.S. aggressive operations are still fresh in our memory: Yugoslavia, Iraq, Libya