Yes, Syria's Assad regime is brutal. But the retaliatory air strikes are illegal and partisan
- Written by Amy Maguire, Senior Lecturer in International Law and Human Rights, University of Newcastle
Civil war has raged in Syria for seven years.AAP/ Youssef Badawi
The mainstream media have broadly accepted the justifications from the United States, France and Britain of humanitarian motivation for the retaliatory strikes against Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian regime.
Journalist Adam Johnson analysed US mainstream coverage and reported that:
major...