Syria contributor: Tyler Jess Thompson & Evan McCarthy Barrett Tyler Jess Thompson is an international lawyer, policy director for United for a Free Syria, and policy adviser for the Coalition for a Democratic Syria. His Twitter handle is @TylerThompsonDC. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/tyler-jess-thompson-evan-mccarthy-barrett/rss en U.S. Must Acknowledge Military Means Required to Protect Civilians Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs Fri, 05 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0000 Tyler Jess Thompson & Evan McCarthy Barrett https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2016/02/05/u-s-must-acknowledge-military-means-required-to-protect-civilians https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2016/02/05/u-s-must-acknowledge-military-means-required-to-protect-civilians If the U.S. fails to acknowledge that military means are required to protect civilians and to achieve the desired political outcome in Syria, write Tyler Jess Thompson and Evan McCarthy Barrett, Assad will continue to undermine international law, whip up Sunni extremism and dominate the settlement.