Are Countries Ignoring the Laws of War? There are rules and norms in place in conflicts meant to shield civilians from the worst harms of war. But human rights groups say lately they're being ...

Dismissing the importance of the law of war is a recipe for strategic disaster, the author of this op-ed argues. Here, U.S. soldiers provide suppressing fire during an exercise at Novo Selo ...

In general, the law of war is not crystal clear in regards to terrorists and terrorism. Most of these laws were written, largely by academics, before terrorism became as prominent as it is today ...

Let the charge be simple and general -- violation of the rules of war. And let the specifications include all the manifold atrocities. For the moment, we leave out of question the crime known as ...

Today marks 75 years since the adoption of the Geneva Conventions on August 12 1949. In theory, these rules of war are universally agreed by every nation. In practice, they are routinely violated ...

There are rules and norms in place in conflicts meant to shield civilians from the worst harms of war. But human rights groups say lately they're being ignored or broken. Our correspondent has ...

Israel seeks to rewrite the laws of war. If the world accepts the way Israel now interprets the principle of proportionality, then genocide will become justified.

But one thing is clear enough: such attacks violate the laws of war. There’s at least one general and one specific point to make here. First, the general.

They are not protected by the ordinary rules of international law, because they don’t abide by these rules themselves. Opinion - How do the laws of war apply to terrorists? Skip to main content ...

Israel is now battling three terrorist groups: Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthis. The U.S. continues to fight against ISIS and related terrorists in several parts of the world. It is important ...