Friday, January 31, 2014

Sources on Syrian conflict

Available sources and articles on the Syrian conflict online








Abboud. Samer (2013, August): Syria's Business Elite: Between Political Alignment and Hedging
their Bets. (SWP Comments 2013/C 22). URL: http://www.swp-berlin.org/en/publications/
swp-comments-en/swp-aktuelle-details/article/syrias_business_elite.html


Abramowitz, Morton I.; Edelman, Eric S. (2013, April): U.S.-Turkish Cooperation toward a
Post-Assad Syria. (BPC’s Turkey Task Force Paper). URL: http://bipartisanpolicy.org/sites/
default/files/BPC%20US-Turkey-Syria.pdf



Abrams, Elliott (2013, July): The Security Situation in the Syrian Arab Republic: Implications for
U.S. National Security and U.S. Policy Options. Testimony presented before the House Armed
Services Committee, United States House of Representatives, 1st Session, 113th Congress.
URL: http://www.cfr.org/syria/security-situation-syrian-arab-republic-implications-usnational-
security-us-policy-options/p31115




Al-Saleh, Asaad; White, Loren (2013, June): Dissecting an Evolving Conflict: The Syrian
Uprising and the Future of the Country. (ISPU / NAF Report). URL: http://newamerica.net/
publications/policy/dissecting_an_evolving_conflict



Al-Zubaidi, Layla; Khoury, Doreen; Atassi, Mohammad Ali (Eds.) (2012, February): Syria's
Revolution: Society, Power, Ideology. (Heinrich Böll Stiftung Middle East Office, Perspectives,
No. 3). URL: http://www.lb.boell.org/web/52-705.html



Amnesty International (2012, August): Syria: All-Out Repression: Purging Dissent in Aleppo,
Syria. (Report MDE 24/061/2012). URL: http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/
MDE24/061/2012




Analysis Intelligence (2013, March 1): Guide to Syrian Rebel Media Spokespeople and PR. URL:
http://analysisintelligence.com/geopolitics/guide-to-syrian-rebel-leadership-and-pr/



Analysis Intelligence (2013, September 17): Update on Syrian Rebel Media Coordinators. URL:
http://analysisintelligence.com/intelligence-analysis/syrian-rebel-media-coordinators-update/



Anderson, Kenneth (2013, August): Legality of Intervention in Syria in Response to Chemical
Weapon Attacks. (ASIL Insights, Vol. 17, Iss. 21). URL: http://www.asil.org/insights/volume/
17/issue/21/legality-intervention-syria-response-chemical-weapon-attacks



Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS) (2011, May): The General and the
Particular in the Ongoing Syrian Popular Uprising. (Policy Analysis). URL: http://
english.dohainstitute.org/release/2b204584-1b7d-4caa-9495-e6eb07a7c136




Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS) (2012, January): Effects of Sanctions on
Syria’s Macroeconomy in 2012. (Policy Analysis). URL: http://english.dohainstitute.org/release/
a1eeff9a-1022-4e09-aaaf-fb27e7c454a7




Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS) (2012, February): The Positions of the
Syrian Opposition. (Policy Analysis). URL: http://english.dohainstitute.org/release/
a26839b3-5f87-4757-8e5d-ce4576ebbd80


Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS) (2013, January): Deadly Neighbors:
Jdaidet al-Fadl: A Paradigm for Sectarian Genocide in the Damascus Region. (Case Analysis).
URL: http://english.dohainstitute.org/release/e0405347-d2fc-4b34-9b8a-7ad3d9abae0a



Asseburg, Muriel; Wimmen, Heiko (2012, December): Civil War in Syria: External Actors and
Interests as Drivers of Conflict. (SWP Comments 2012/C 43). URL: http://www.swp-berlin.org/
en/publications/swp-comments-en/swp-aktuelle-details/article/
civil_war_in_syria_external_drivers_of_conflict.html



Baczko, Adam; Dorronsoro, Gilles; Quesnay, Arthur (2013, April): Building a Syrian State in a
Time of Civil War. (The Carnegie Papers, CP 175). URL: http://carnegieendowment.org/
2013/04/16/building-syrian-state-in-time-of-civil-war/fzrk



Badran, Tony (2013, June): Washington’s Syria Policy. Testimony presented before the House
Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, on June 5,
2013. URL: http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/testimony-the-white-houses-syriapolicy/
Barfi, Barak (2013, May): n.t. Testimony presented before the House Homeland Security
Committee, Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, on May 22, 2013. URL:
http://docs.house.gov/meetings/HM/HM05/20130522/100901/HHRG-113-HM05-Wstate-
BarfiB-20130522.pdf



Becker, Petra (2013): Syrian Muslim Brotherhood Still a Crucial Actor: Inclusivity the Order of
the Day in Dealings with Syria’s Opposition. (SWP Comments 2013/C 34). URL: http://
www.swp-berlin.org/en/publications/swp-comments-en/swp-aktuelle-details/article/
syrian_muslim_brotherhood_still_a_crucial_actor.html



Benotman, Noman and Blake, Roisin (2013, January): Jabhat al-Nusra li-ahl al-Sham min
Mujahedi al-Sham fi Sahat al-Jihad: A Strategic Briefing. (Quilliam Strategic Briefing). URL:
http://www.quilliamfoundation.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/publications/free/jabhat-alnusra-
a-strategic-briefing.pdf




Benotman, Noman and Naseraldin, Emad (2012, September): The Jihadist Network in the
Syrian Revolution: A Strategic Briefing. (Quilliam Concept Paper). URL: http://
www.quilliamfoundation.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/publications/free/the-jihadist-networkin-
the-syrian-revolution.pdf



Berman, Asher (2012, October): Syrian Rebel Use of Social Media. (FPRI E-Notes, Middle East
Media Monitor). URL: http://www.fpri.org/articles/2012/10/syrian-rebel-use-social-media



Borghard, Erica D. (2013, August): Arms and Influence in Syria: The Pitfalls of Greater U.S.
Involvement. (CATO Institute Policy Analysis No. 734). URL: http://www.cato.org/
publications/policy-analysis/arms-influence-syria-pitfalls-greater-us-involvement


Briscoe, Ivan; Janssen, Floor; Smits, Rosan (2012, November): Stability and Economic Recovery
after Assad: Key Steps for Syria’s Post-Conflict Transition. (Clingendael Institute Report No. 2).
URL: http://www.clingendael.nl/publication/stability-and-economic-recovery-after-assad-keysteps-
syrias-post-conflict-transition




Brookings Doha Center (BDC) (2013, June): The Challenge of Syrian Unity: Reassuring Local
Communities and Framing National Consensus. (Syria Workshop Series Paper). URL: http://
www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2013/06/06-challenge-syrian-unity



Brown, Kevin (2013, May): The Syrian Crisis of 1957: A Lesson for the 21st Century. (CPD
Perspectives on Public Diplomacy, Paper 4, 2013). URL: http://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/
publications/perspectives/CPDPerspectives_Paper42013_Syria.pdf



Byman, Daniel L. et al. (2012, March): Saving Syria: Assessing Options for Regime Change.
(Saban Center Middle East Memo #21). URL: http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/
2012/03/15-syria-saban




Cardash, Sharon L.; Cilluffo, Frank J.; Marret, Jean-Luc (2013, August): Foreign Fighters in
Syria: Still Doing Battle, Still a Multidimensional Danger. (FRS note n°24/13). URL: http://
www.frstrategie.org/barreFRS/publications/notes/2013/201324.pdf




Chatham House (2012, August): Syria: Prospects for Intervention. (Meeting Summary). URL:
http://www.chathamhouse.org/publications/papers/view/185299




Cobankiat, Randolph (2012, August-September): Addressing the Syrian Crisis Stalemate: How
will it End? (RIEAS Research Paper No. 159). URL: http://www.rieas.gr/images/rieas159.pdf


Committeri, Camilla (2012, October): When Domestic Factors Prevail Upon Foreign Ambitions:
Russia’s Strategic Game in Syria. (IAI Working Papers, 12 | 26). URL: http://www.iai.it/pdf/
DocIAI/iaiwp1226.pdf




Dalton, Melissa G. (2012, September): Asad Under Fire: Five Scenarios for the Future of Syria.
(CNAS Policy Brief). URL: http://www.cnas.org/files/documents/publications/
CNAS_AsadUnderFire_Dalton.pdf


Djerejian, Edward P.; Bowen, Andrew (2013, March): Syria at the Crossroads: U.S. Policy and
Recommendations for the Way Forward. (James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy Paper).
URL: http://www.bakerinstitute.org/publications/BI-pub-SyriaReport-031813.pdf


Droz-Vincent, Philippe (2012, April): The “Dark Side” of the Syrian Transition and its
Potentially Dire Regional Consequences. (NOREF Policy Brief). URL: http://
www.peacebuilding.no/var/ezflow_site/storage/original/application/
816eb6ee5fb3b2088cc405c9d6e5dec8.pdf



Eeckelaert, Rouba Al-Fattal (2012, June): Electoral System in Future Syria. (SRCC Policy
Paper). URL: http://www.strescom.org/research/policy-papers/item/106-electoral-system-infuture-
syria.html


Engle, Eric (2012, July): Humanitarian Intervention and Syria: Russia, the United States, and
International Law. (Working Paper). URL: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?
abstract_id=2115191


Erkmen, Serhat (2012, August): Kurdish Movements in Syria. (ORSAM Report No. 127). URL:
http://www.orsam.org.tr/en/showReport.aspx?ID=1859


Fargues, Philippe; Fandrich, Christine (2012): The European Response to the Syrian Refugee
Crisis: What Next? (MPC Research Report 2012/14). URL: http://
www.migrationpolicycentre.eu/docs/MPC%202012%2014.pdf



Fontaine, Richard et al. (2013, August): The Way Forward in Syria. (CNAS Commentaries).
URL: http://mercury.ethz.ch/serviceengine/Files/ISN/169041/
ipublicationdocument_singledocument/9e224579-f184-4f32-aa1c-f5a502187cc5/en/
CNAS_Syria_Commentaries_0.pdf



Friberg Lyme, Rune (2012): Sanctioning Assad’s Syria: Mapping the Economic, Socioeconomic
and Political Repercussions of the International Sanctions Imposed on Syria since March 2011.
(DIIS Report 2012:13). URL: http://subweb.diis.dk/sw124424.asp



Gambill, Gary C. (2013, August): Arms for Peace in Syria? (FPRI E-Notes). URL: http://
www.fpri.org/articles/2013/08/arms-peace-syria

Ghani, Ashraf; Lockhart, Clare (2013, July): Preparing for a Syrian Transition: Trust Funds:
Lessons from the Past, Thinking for the Future. (Legatum Institute / Institute for State
Effectiveness Memo). URL: http://www.li.com/publications/preparing-for-a-syrian-transitiontrust-
funds-%28memo%29



Günay, Cengiz (2012, October): Interdependenzen: Wie die Dynamiken des Syrienkonfliktes den
Demokratisierungsprozess in der Türkei gefährden. (oiip Policy Paper 10/2012). URL: http://
www.oiip.ac.at/publikationen/policy-paper/publikationen-detail/article/93/interdependenzenwie-
die-dynamiken-des-syrienkonfliktes-den-demokratisierungsprozess-in-der-tuerkei.html



Hammoud, Tariq (2013, February): Palestinian Refugees and the Syrian Revolution. (ACRPS
Research Paper). URL: http://english.dohainstitute.org/release/14e232ac-6d57-4de7-
b38e-79c1f3287231



Hassan, Salah (2012, October): Palestinians in Syria and the Syrian Uprising. (ACRPS Case
Analysis). URL: http://english.dohainstitute.org/file/get/42bbd969-e593-45be-a4ffcc55113be56c.
pdf


Helfont, Tally (2011, November): Jordan’s Quandary over Syria. (FPRI E-Notes, Middle East
Media Monitor). URL: http://www.fpri.org/articles/2011/11/jordans-quandary-over-syria



Heydemann, Steven (2013, May): Syria's Uprising: Sectarianism, Regionalisation, and State
Order in the Levant. (FRIDE Working Paper No. 119). URL: http://fride.org/publication/1127/
syria%27s-uprising:-sectarianism,-regionalisation,-and-state-order-in-the-levant



Human Rights Watch (2013, October): “You Can Still See their Blood”: Executions,
Indiscriminate Shootings, and Hostage Taking by Opposition Forces in Latakia Countryside.
(Report). URL: http://www.hrw.org/reports/2013/10/10/you-can-still-see-their-blood



IntelCenter (2013, February): Rebel Logo ID Guide for Syria. v1.0. (Analytical Report). URL:
http://www.intelcenter.com/reports/IntelCenter-SyrianRebel-LogoIDGuidev1-
0-17Feb2013.pdf



Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) / Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)
(2012, July): A Full-Scale Displacement and Humanitarian Crisis with no Solutions in Sight.
(Report). URL: http://www.internal-displacement.org/countries/syria



International Crisis Group (ICG) (2012, March): Now or Never: A Negotiated Transition for
Syria. (Middle East Briefing N°32). URL: http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/regions/middle-eastnorth-
africa/egypt-syria-lebanon/syria/B032-now-or-never-a-negotiated-transition-forsyria.
aspx



International Crisis Group (ICG) (2012, April): Syria’s Phase of Radicalisation. (Middle East
Briefing N°33). URL: http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/regions/middle-east-north-africa/egyptsyria-
lebanon/syria/b033-syrias-phase-of-radicalisation.aspx



International Crisis Group (ICG) (2012, August): Syria’s Mutating Conflict. (Middle East
Report N°128). URL: http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/regions/middle-east-north-africa/egyptsyria-
lebanon/syria/128-syrias-mutating-conflict.aspx



International Crisis Group (ICG) (2012, October): Tentative Jihad: Syria’s Fundamentalist
Opposition. (Middle East Report N°131). URL: http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/regions/middleeast-
north-africa/egypt-syria-lebanon/syria/131-tentative-jihad-syrias-fundamentalistopposition.
aspx




International Crisis Group (ICG) (2012, November): A Precarious Balancing Act: Lebanon and
the Syrian Conflict. (Middle East Report N°132). URL: http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/regions/
middle-east-north-africa/egypt-syria-lebanon/lebanon/132-a-precarious-balancing-actlebanon-
and-the-syrian-conflict.aspx




International Crisis Group (ICG) (2013, January): Syria’s Kurds: A Struggle within a Struggle.
(Middle East Report N°136). URL: http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/regions/middle-east-northafrica/
egypt-syria-lebanon/syria/136-syrias-kurds-a-struggle-within-a-struggle.aspx



International Crisis Group (ICG) (2013, April): Blurring the Borders: Syrian Spillover Risks for
Turkey. (Europe Report N°225). URL: http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/regions/europe/turkeycyprus/
turkey/225-blurring-the-borders-syrian-spillover-risks-for-turkey.aspx




International Crisis Group (ICG) (2013, May): Too Close for Comfort: Syrians in Lebanon.
(Middle East Report N°141). URL: http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/regions/middle-east-northafrica/
egypt-syria-lebanon/lebanon/141-too-close-for-comfort-syrians-in-lebanon.aspx



International Crisis Group (ICG) (2013, June): Syria’s Metastasising Conflicts. (Middle East
Report N°143). URL: http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/regions/middle-east-north-africa/egyptsyria-
lebanon/syria/143-syrias-metastasising-conflicts.aspx



International Crisis Group (ICG) (2013, October): Anything but Politics: The State of Syria’s
Political Opposition. (Middle East Report N°146). URL: http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/
regions/middle-east-north-africa/egypt-syria-lebanon/syria/146-anything-but-politics-thestate-
of-syria-s-political-opposition.aspx



International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT)'s Jihadi Websites Monitoring Group
(2012, November): Evidence of the Influx into Syria of Foreign Jihadist Fighters. (JWMG
Insights). URL: http://www.ict.org.il/ResearchPublications/JihadiWebsitesMonitoring/
JWMGInsights/tabid/320/Articlsid/1132/currentpage/1/Default.aspx



International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT)'s Jihadi Websites Monitoring Group
(2013, July): An Analysis of Two Attacks by the Al-Nusra Front in Syria. (JWMG Insights).
URL: http://www.ict.org.il/ResearchPublications/JihadiWebsitesMonitoring/JWMGInsights/
tabid/320/Articlsid/1196/currentpage/1/Default.aspx



Iyengar, Radha; Fishman, Brian (2013, March): The Conflict in Syria: An Assessment of US
Strategic Interests. (NAF Policy Paper). URL: http://newamerica.net/publications/policy/
the_conflict_in_syria




Jones, Seth G. (2013, May): The Terrorist Threat from Syria. Testimony presented before the
House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence,
on May 22, 2013. (RAND Testimonies, CT-388). URL: http://www.rand.org/pubs/testimonies/
CT388.html



Joscelyn, Thomas (2013, May): n.t. Testimony presented before the House Homeland Security
Committee, Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, on May 22, 2013. URL:
http://docs.house.gov/meetings/HM/HM05/20130522/100901/HHRG-113-HM05-Wstate-
JoscelynT-20130522.pdf



Joscelyn, Thomas (2013, September): n.t. Testimony presented before the House Committee
on Homeland Security, United States Congress, on September 10, 2013. URL: http://
docs.house.gov/meetings/HM/HM00/20130910/101297/HHRG-113-HM00-Wstate-
JoscelynT-20130910.pdf



Kemp, Richard et al. (2012, July): A Collision Course for Intervention. (RUSI Syria Crisis
Briefing). URL: http://www.rusi.org/analysis/commentary/ref:C500F639757A57/
#.Uklt2teZiOw




Khoury, Doreen (2013, February): Losing the Syrian Grassroots: Local Governance Structures
Urgently Need Support. (SWP Comments 2013/C 09). URL: http://www.swp-berlin.org/en/
publications/swp-comments-en/swp-aktuelle-details/article/
losing_the_syrian_grassroots.html




Lang, Tobias; Günay, Cengiz (2011, November): Regionale Auswirkungen der Entwicklungen in
Syrien am Beispiel des Libanon. (oiip Policy Paper 2011/3). URL: http://www.oiip.ac.at/
publikationen/policy-paper/publikationen-detail/browse/1/article/93/regionaleauswirkungen-
der-entwicklungen-in-syrien-am-beispiel-des-libanon.html




Laub, Zachary; Masters, Jonathan (2013, September): Syria's Crisis and the Global Response.
(CFR Backgrounder). URL: http://www.cfr.org/syria/syrias-crisis-global-response/p28402
Lefèvre, Raphaël (2013, May): The Muslim Brotherhood Prepares for a Comeback in Syria. (The
Carnegie Papers, CP 182). URL: http://carnegieendowment.org/2013/05/15/muslimbrotherhood-
prepares-for-comeback-in-syria/g3hz



Lund, Aron (2012, September): Syrian Jihadism. (UI Brief No. 13). URL: http://www.ui.se/upl/
files/77409.pdf



Lund, Aron (2013): Syria's Salafi Insurgents: The Rise of the Syrian Islamic Front. (UI
Occasional Paper #17). URL: http://www.ui.se/eng/upl/files/86861.pdf



Lund, Aron (2013, May): Struggling to Adapt: The Muslim Brotherhood in a New Syria. (The
Carnegie Papers, CP 181). URL: http://carnegieendowment.org/2013/05/07/struggling-toadapt-
muslim-brotherhood-in-new-syria/g2qm



Lynch, Marc (2012, February): Pressure not War: A Pragmatic and Principled Policy towards
Syria. (CNAS Policy Brief). URL: http://www.cnas.org/files/documents/publications/
CNAS_PressureNotWar_Lynch.pdf




MacDonald, Norine et al. (2012, December): Syria: A Way Forward. (ICOS Report). URL:
http://www.icosgroup.net/2012/report/syria-a-way-forward/



Mahfudh, `Aqeel (2012, February): Syria and Turkey: A Turning Point or a Historical Bet?
(ACRPS Research Papers). URL: http://english.dohainstitute.org/release/76083ffb-37aa-4145-
b325-74888156a54d



Malmvig, Helle (2013, August): Ambiguous Endings: Middle East Regional Security in the Wake
of the Arab Uprisings and the Syrian Civil War. (DIIS Report 2013:23). URL: http://en.diis.dk/
home/news/2013/ambiguous+endings+arab+uprisings+syria




Martini, Jeffrey; York, Erin; Young, William (2013): Syria as an Arena of Strategic Competition.
(RAND Research Reports, RR-213). URL: http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/
RR213.html

Masters, Jonathan; Laub, Zachary (2013, October): Al-Qaeda in Iraq (a.k.a. Islamic State in
Iraq and Greater Syria). (CFR Backgrounder). URL: http://www.cfr.org/iraq/al-qaeda-iraq-kislamic-
state-iraq-greater-syria/p14811



McCants, William et al. (2013, September): Aiding Civilians in a Sectarian Conflict: Can
Assistance to Syria Heal without Harm? (The Brookings Institution Panel Discussion
Proceedings). URL: http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/events/2013/9/23%20syria
%20civilian%20aid/20130923_aiding%20civilians_transcript.pdf



Meier, Oliver (2013, June): Chemiewaffen in Syrien: Wie sich die Bedrohung verringern lässt.
(SWP-Aktuell 2013/A 36). URL: http://www.swp-berlin.org/de/publikationen/swp-aktuell-de/
swp-aktuell-detail/article/chemiewaffen_in_syrien.html



Mohamed, Saira (2012, March): The U.N. Security Council and the Crisis in Syria. (ASIL
Insights, Vol. 16, Iss. 11). URL: http://www.asil.org/insights/volume/16/issue/11/un-securitycouncil-
and-crisis-syria




Naftalin, Mark; Harpviken, Kristian Berg (2012, September): Rebels and Refugees: Syrians in
Southern Turkey. (PRIO Policy Brief 10/2012). URL: http://www.prio.no/Publications/
Publication/?x=5200




Nahar, Hazem (2012, January): The Discourse and Performance of the Syrian Opposition: Since
the Beginning of the Revolution. (Heinrich Böll Stiftung Middle East Office Study). URL: http://
www.lb.boell.org/web/52-788.html



Naufal, Hala (2012): Syrian Refugees in Lebanon: The Humanitarian Approach under Political
Divisions. (MPC Research Report 2012/13). URL: http://www.migrationpolicycentre.eu/docs/
MPC%202012%2013.pdf




Nerguizian, Aram (2011, December): Assessing the Risks of Military Intervention. (CSIS
Working Draft). URL: http://csis.org/publication/instability-syria



Nikitin, Mary Beth D.; Kerr, Paul K.; Feickert, Andrew (2013, September): Syria’s Chemical
Weapons: Issues for Congress. (CRS Report for Congress R42848). URL: http://www.fas.org/
sgp/crs/nuke/R42848.pdf



Orhan, Oytun (2012, August): Syrian Christians in the Dilemma of Chaos and
Authoritarianism. (Orsam Foreign Policy Analysis). URL: http://www.orsam.org.tr/en/
showArticle.aspx?ID=1858



O’Sullivan, Niamh Maria (2012, August): The Moral Enigma of an Intervention in Syria: A Just
War Analysis. (IAI Working Papers, 12 | 22). URL: http://www.iai.it/pdf/DocIAI/
iaiwp1222.pdf



Popp, Roland (2012, November): The Syrian Civil War: Between Escalation and Intervention.
[Translated by Christopher Findlay]. (CSS Analysis in Security Policy No. 124). URL: http://
www.css.ethz.ch/publications/pdfs/CSS-Analysis-124-EN.pdf





Portela, Clara (2012, September): The EU’s Sanctions against Syria: Conflict Management by
Other Means. (Egmont Security Policy Brief No. 38). URL: http://www.egmontinstitute.be/
papers/12/sec-gov/SPB38.pdf



Prucha, Nico; and Ali Fisher (2013, April 27): Jihadi Twitter Activism: Introduction. Jihadica.
URL: http://www.jihadica.com/jihadi-twitter-activism-introduction/


Prucha, Nico and Ali Fisher (2013, May 13): Jihadi Twitter Activism Part 2: Jabhat al-Nusra on
the Twittersphere. Jihadica. URL: http://www.jihadica.com/jihadi-twitter-activism-part-2-
jabhat-al-nusra-on-the-twittersphere/#more-1746



Prucha, Nico and Ali Fisher (2013, August 20): The “Who’s Who” of the Most Important Jihadi
Accounts on Twitter? Jihadica. URL: http://www.jihadica.com/the-%E2%80%98who
%E2%80%99s-who%E2%80%99-of-the-most-important-jihadi-accounts-on-twitter/
Prucha, Nico and Ali Fisher (2013, September 4): 66 Important Jihadist Twitter Accounts (Part
2). Jihadica. URL: http://www.jihadica.com/66-important-jihadist-twitter-accounts-part-2/
Public International Law & Policy Group (PILPG) (2012, March): Planning for Syria’s “Day
After”: Security, Rule of Law & Democracy. (Policy Planning Paper). URL: http://
publicinternationallawandpolicygroup.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/PILPG-Report-
Planning-for-Syrias-Day-After.pdf




Qabalan, Marwan (2013, August): The Armed Syrian Opposition: Common Aim but no Vision.
(ACRPS Research Paper). URL: http://english.dohainstitute.org/release/
4bd15c98-978f-427c-9856-3cb727a56f5b


Rabinovich, Itamar (2012, November): Israel’s View of the Syrian Crisis. (Saban Center
Analysis Paper Series, No. 28). URL: http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2012/11/
israel-syria-rabinovich



Saleh, Layla (2013, May): Syrian Perceptions of U.S. Intervention in Syria. (FPRI E-Notes,
Middle East Media Monitor). URL: http://www.fpri.org/docs/MEMM_2013_05_Saleh_-
_Syria.pdf



Salem, Paul (2012, December): Can Lebanon Survive the Syrian Crisis? (The Carnegie Papers,
CMEC 35). URL: http://carnegieendowment.org/2012/12/11/can-lebanon-survive-syriancrisis/
escs


Sayigh, Yezid (2013, April): The Syrian Opposition’s Leadership Problem. (The Carnegie Papers,
CMEC 39). URL: http://carnegie-mec.org/2013/04/03/syrian-opposition-s-leadershipproblem/
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