International Law and Humanitarian Intervention in the Syrian Civil War: The Role of the United States
Oluwaseyi Emmanuel Ogunnowo and
Felix Chidozie
SAGE Open, 2020, vol. 10, issue 2, 2158244020919533
Abstract:
This article interrogates the legality of American interventions in the Syrian conflict. The Syrian civil war stands as one of the most controversial conflicts of the 21st century, owing to the mass destruction of lives and properties and the multiplicity of interventions which have created numerous strands of the conflict. The United States as one of the intervening powers has shown support for the rebel forces geared at toppling the Assad government. The research adopts the qualitative method and utilizes the case study research design. The research makes use of secondary data as derived from academic journals, books, book chapters, newspapers, and so on and analyzes these data through the use of thematic analysis. The findings of the study reveal that the interventions of the United States are not legal. The study also finds that the United States possesses certain strategic interests in the Syrian conflict which it aims to achieve.
Keywords: civil war; humanitarian interventions; international law; Syria; the United States (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1177/2158244020919533
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