Syria

Overdue US Admission that Civilians Were Killed in Syria Strike Is Still Insufficient

by Nadim Houry

Jul 5th, 2018

Syria: Where Civilians Became a Commodity for Settling Accounts

by Bassam Alahmad

Jun 6th, 2018

OLC’s Formal (and Remarkably Broad) Defense of the April Syria Strikes

by Steve Vladeck

Jun 1st, 2018

Self-Defense Against Self-Defense, In Syria And Beyond

by Adil Ahmad Haque

May 31st, 2018

Senator Merkley’s Smart New Alternative AUMF Proposal

by Heather Brandon-Smith

May 24th, 2018

The Latin American View of Jus ad Bellum

by Alonso Gurmendi Dunkelberg

May 16th, 2018

A View from a Syrian International Lawyer: Were the April 14 Strikes Legal?

by Anan Alsheikh Haidar

May 11th, 2018

Germany’s Research Report on the Syria Strikes: Unlawful Acts of Reprisal

by Dennis Schmidt

May 10th, 2018

UPDATE: Mapping States’ Reactions to the Syria Strikes of April 2018

by Alonso Gurmendi Dunkelberg, Rebecca Ingber, Priya Pillai and Elvina Pothelet

May 7th, 2018

Mapping States’ Reactions to the U.S. Strikes Against Syria of April 2018–A Comprehensive Guide

by Alonso Gurmendi Dunkelberg, Rebecca Ingber, Priya Pillai and Elvina Pothelet

May 7th, 2018

If Syria Strikes Violated International Law, What Arguments Would Be Made for Sentencing the Guilty Parties?

by Kurt Sanger

May 4th, 2018

What Questions Should Congress Be Asking DoD About Civilian Casualties?

by Daniel R. Mahanty, Alex Moorehead and Rahma Hussein

May 1st, 2018

Not So Fast: US Syria Pullout Plan Must Address Key Humanitarian Issues

by Nadim Houry

Apr 23rd, 2018

Mapping States’ Reactions to the Syria Strikes of April 2018

by Alonso Gurmendi Dunkelberg, Rebecca Ingber, Priya Pillai and Elvina Pothelet

Apr 22nd, 2018

If Mattis Meant to Assert Self-Defense for the Syria Strike, He Was Wrong

by Benjamin Haas

Apr 19th, 2018

The Legality of Using Force to Deter Chemical Warfare

by Anders Henriksen

Apr 17th, 2018

Just Security Podcast: Oona Hathaway on the Bad Legal Arguments for Bombing Syria

by John Reed

Apr 16th, 2018

Corker’s Proposal Hands Trump A Dangerous, Open-Ended War Authorization

by Daphne Eviatar

Apr 16th, 2018

The Real “Red Line” Behind Trump’s April 2018 Syria Strikes

by Harold Hongju Koh

Apr 16th, 2018

Bad Legal Arguments for the Syria Strikes

by Jack Goldsmith and Oona A. Hathaway

Apr 14th, 2018

“A Troubled Place”—Trump Doubles Down on Syria…While Also Giving Up On It

by Joshua Geltzer

Apr 13th, 2018

Kurdish-Held Detainees in Syria Are Not in a “Legal Gray Area”

by Jonathan Horowitz

Apr 13th, 2018

Paying Attention to Land Rights in Syria Negotiations

by Deyaa Alrwishdi and Rebecca Hamilton

Apr 12th, 2018

Does Congress Really Think It’s Reasserting Its War Powers by Giving Them Away to Trump?

by Rita Siemion

Apr 11th, 2018

The Downsides of Bombing Syria

by Jack Goldsmith and Oona A. Hathaway

Apr 10th, 2018

Evidence Unsealed in Colvin v. Syria

by Beth Van Schaack

Apr 10th, 2018

Syria, Chemical Weapons, and a Qualitative Threshold for Humanitarian Intervention

by Andrew Bell

Apr 10th, 2018

New Series: Perspectives from Impacted Countries

by Rahma Hussein, Sarah Knuckey, Jameel Jaffer, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, Alex Moorehead, John Reed, Waleed Alhariri and Suraj Kandath Girijashanker

Mar 19th, 2018

A Year On, Fog of War Not Lifting Over Deadly Raqqa Strikes

by Nadim Houry

Mar 9th, 2018

Just Security Podcast: Sam Vinograd on Trump’s Weakness Toward Russia on Syria

by John Reed

Feb 26th, 2018

Doe v. Mattis: Is the War on ISIS Legal?

by Patricia Stottlemyer

Feb 23rd, 2018

The Human Cost of Trump’s Weakness Toward Russia

by Samantha Vinograd

Feb 22nd, 2018