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.
Highlights
The Syrian civil war, a protracted conflict, is one of the many issues that plagued the international system in the second decade of the 21st century
At the heart of the conflict is a civil war which emanated from the uprising that swept through the Middle East and North African (MENA) region resulting in ousted dictatorships
The conflict is described by Berti (2015) and Karim (2017) as a controversial conflict due to its many facets and strands, some of which are proxy wars between powers, wars against terrorism with the involvement of Islamic fundamentalist and terrorist organizations like the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and Al-Qaeda
Summary
The Syrian civil war, a protracted conflict, is one of the many issues that plagued the international system in the second decade of the 21st century. The United States in its interventions expresses support for the rebel forces which seek to overthrow the Assad regime (Siddique & McCarthy, 2013). A significant number of studies have been conducted on the legality of American interventions in the Syrian conflict. Beskardes (2016), in examining the legality of American-led interventions in Syria, described the actions of the United States as illegal as they contravened the provisions of the. In a similar opinion, Van der Vyver (2015) confirmed the illegality of American interventions in the Syrian conflict when juxtaposing them on the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) ruling of the Nicaragua case. Despite the multiplicity of studies, there seems to be no agreement on the legality of American interventions These studies do not examine the linkages between the interventions of the United States and its strategic interests in Syria.
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