Opinion

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

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...

The Trial of Assad without Assad

Available in: English العربية Fadel Abdulghany The proceedings currently underway before the Fourth Criminal Court in Damascus against Bashar al-Assad and eight other defendants are...

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

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?

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

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

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?

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...

The Trial of Atef Najib… The First Train of Accountability in Syria and the Limits of National Law

Available in: English العربية Fadel Abdulghany The trial of Atef Najib opened on 26 April before the Fourth Criminal Court in Damascus, constituting the first...

Amjad Youssef… Accountability Does Not End with Detention

Available in: English العربية Fadel Abdulghany Amjad Youssef was arrested on 24 April of this month in the Hama countryside, in an operation carried out...

Who Will Protect Syrians in Egypt?

Available in: English العربية Fadel Abdulghany The situation of Syrians in Egypt has transformed from fragile tolerance to actual persecution. Since late 2024, the Egyptian...

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