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How Did Assad Deceive the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons?

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Available in: English العربية Fadel Abdulghany On 26 May 2026, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons confirmed what its inspectors had long suspected, yet had been unable...

Syria’s Accountability Gap: New Just Security Analysis Examines the Najib Trial and the Case for the ICC

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Just Security – Published: June 3, 2026 | By: Fadel Abdulghany and Kenneth Roth  Just Security has published "Syria's Accountability Gap: The Najib Trial and the Case for the ICC," a...

The Euphrates Without Law: How the Legal Vacuum Turned Seasonal Rainfall into Forced Displacement

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Available in: English العربية Fadel Abdulghany In late May 2026, the Syrian authorities warned local communities along the Euphrates River in Raqqa and Deir Ez-Zour of severe...

A New Phase of Europe’s Institutional Engagement in Syria

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Available in: English العربية Fadel Abdulghany On 18 May 2026, the Council of the European Union delisted seven Syrian entities from the sanctions list imposed...

Between Declaration and Compliance: Syria’s Accession to the Global Initiative on International Humanitarian Law

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Available in: English العربية Fadel Abdulghany On 21 May 2026, Syria's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ibrahim Olabi, handed over the country's formal instrument...

Israel’s Gradual Annexation of Southern Syria under the Pretext of Mine Removal

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Available in: English العربية Fadel Abdulghany Israel is using mine-removal operations — carried out through commercial contracts along its "borders" with Syria — as a preliminary step within a...

Delisting “Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham” and “al-Nusra” from UN Sanctions… What Are the Legal Implications?

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Available in: English العربية Fadel Abdulghany On 27 February 2026, the Security Council Committee operating pursuant to Resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011), and 2253 (2015)...

The Risk of the Random Circulation of the Saydnaya and Tishreen Hospital Recordings

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Available in: English العربية Fadel Abdulghany 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...

Between Licensing and Demonstrating: Syria’s First Framework for Peaceful Assembly

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Available in: English العربية Fadel Abdulghany The Syrian government has issued the first official instrument regulating the right to peaceful assembly. The communiqué, issued by the...

The Small Assad on Trial When Will the Big One Fall?

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Available in: English العربية Fadel Abdulghany This article argues that the trial of Atef Najib, Bashar al-Assad's maternal cousin and the former head of the...
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