The Euphrates Without Law: How the Legal Vacuum Turned Seasonal Rainfall into Forced Displacement
In this article, I show that the Euphrates River floods that struck the governorates of Raqqa and Deir Ez-Zour in late May...
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Between Declaration and Compliance: Syria’s Accession to the Global Initiative on International Humanitarian Law
In this article, I set out the significance of Syria's accession, on 21 May 2026, to the Global Initiative for...
The Trial of Assad without Assad
In this article, I lay out the dual nature of the in absentia trial currently underway before the Fourth Criminal Court in...
Israel’s Gradual Annexation of Southern Syria under the Pretext of Mine Removal
I show in this article that the mine-removal operations Israel is carrying out along its borders with southern Syria, through...
Delisting “Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham” and “al-Nusra” from UN Sanctions… What Are the Legal Implications?
I explain in this article the legal and political dimensions of the decision of the UN Security Council Sanctions Committee,...
The Risk of the Random Circulation of the Saydnaya and Tishreen Hospital Recordings
In this article, I demonstrate that the recordings leaked from Saydnaya Prison and Tishreen Military Hospital, despite the great importance of their content, have become threatened...
Between Licensing and Demonstrating: Syria’s First Framework for Peaceful Assembly
In this article, I argue that the Syrian Ministry of Interior's communiqué of May 2026 — the first official instrument...
The Small Assad on Trial When Will the Big One Fall?
Fadel Abdulghany This article argues that the trial of Atef Najib, Bashar al-Assad's maternal cousin and the former head of the...
The Trial of Atef Najib… The First Train of Accountability in Syria and the Limits of National Law
In this article, I demonstrate that the opening of the trial of Atef Najib—maternal cousin of Bashar al-Assad and former...
Amjad Youssef… Accountability Does Not End with Detention
Fadel Abdulghany Amjad Youssef was arrested on 24 April of this month in the Hama countryside, in an operation carried out...