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In face of the massacres of civilians in Syria it looks indecent not to do something, yet it is not clear which legal mechanisms and which political conditions would allow an efficient humanitarian intervention. If it is true that state sovereignty cannot be absolute, the problem is to sort out not so much its limits, but who – according to the current international law - can authorize a military intervention. The impossibility of shifting the balance of power in favor of one of the sides in conflict means that only a negotiated compromise could end the current bloodbath and destruction. And yet, is any of the sides willing to accept less than absolute victory?