The Role and place of international humanitarian Law in armed conflicts against terrorism

Although terrorism is not a new phenomenon, its emergence with a new face, in the form of non-state and their high power in carrying out terrorist operations, has created a major challenge in international law today. Attention to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks by Al-Qaeda and the ISIS terrorist attacks, especially in 2015, has shown the development of the power of these groups, as it requires a more serious confrontation with them today. In recent years, we have faced countries fighting various terrorist groups. The US military attack on Afghanistan and the war with Al-Qaeda, and today the full-scale war in Iraq and Syria by countries with ISIS, support this claim. But there is no doubt that wherever there is talk of war and conflict, international humanitarian Law are the rights that govern these conditions. What is being studied in this study, in addition to examining the challenges of the international community in defining terrorism and articulating general frameworks on the fight against terrorism, is that whether humanitarian Law can be exercised in the fight against terrorism? And if the answer is yes, what legal status can be considered for terrorists in terms of humanitarian law? It should be noted that this research has been done by descriptive-analytical method.