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Suspending the Cybercrime Law: A Constitutional Test for the Transitional Phase in Syria

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Available in: English العربية Fadel Abdulghany The arrest of the content creator Hassan Akkad in Damascus on 17 June 2026, as reported, against the backdrop...

Revenge Is Not Justice: The Path of Transition in Syria Must Turn Anger into Accountability

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Available in: English العربية Fadel Abdulghany The retaliatory violence that follows the collapse of an authoritarian regime is an illegal and destructive act, however, when...

The Trial of Atef Najib and the Foundations of Syrian Accountability

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Available in: English العربية Fadel Abdulghany On 26 April 2026, the Fourth Criminal Court in Damascus began the proceedings for the trial of the former...

The European Courts, the Syrian Trials, and the Incomplete Structure of Accountability

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Available in: English العربية Fadel Abdulghany The international crimes committed in Syria pose a problem that goes beyond the procedural question of where the trial...

Bosnia, Syria, and the Limits of Reconciliation Without Acknowledgment

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Available in: English العربية Societies that suffer the effects of documented sectarian atrocities often resort to clinging to the narrative of historical unity. The structure of this...

Syria and the US Terror Lists… More Than Just a Signature

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Available in: English العربية Fadel Abdulghany The United States designated Syria a state sponsor of terrorism back in 1979, which is the longest such designation for any...

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...
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