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While intervention in Libya saved many lives, there is hesitation to intervene in Syria due to geopolitics, despite the threshold for intervention having been reached. However, by endorsing the notion of Responsibility to Protect, UN Member States, including the Security Council, agreed to act collectively to save humanity from atrocities. Accordingly, this paper argues that the international community should support the Arab League to constructively engage the warring factions to find a peaceful solution to the crisis and persuade them to avoid committing atrocities against civilians.