READINGS

http://www.ibtimes.com/syrian-army-shrinking-assad-running-out-soldiers-1761914#.VJOb-pxcfJQ.twitter
The Syrian Army Is Shrinking, And Assad Is Running Out Of Soldiers

http://iswsyria.blogspot.com.tr/2014/12/the-assad-regime-under-stress.html?m=1
The Assad Regime Under Stress: Conscription and Protest among Alawite and Minority Populations in Syria

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/8a965110-b4c0-11e3-af92-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3MY4GYmcr
Saudi Arabia: A kingdom on guard

http://syriadirect.org/main/36-interviews/1762-noah-bonsey-nusra-s-has-gained-strength-since-us-led-strikes-beganfor-more-from-syria-direct-like-us-on-facebook-or-follow-us-on-twitter
Noah Bonsey: Nusra 'has gained strength' since US-led strikes began

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.632385?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Something is rotten in the IDF's Givati Brigade

http://drsc-sy.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2014/11/تقرير-انتهاكات.pdf
Crimes of YPG in Arabic

http://www.understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/JN%20FINAL_.pdf

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2014/Dec-20/281749-iraqs-shiite-fighters-desert-over-shortages.ashx
Iraq's Shiite fighters desert over shortages

http://www.straitstimes.com/news/world/middle-east/story/isis-has-executed-100-foreigners-trying-quit-report-20141220
ISIS has executed 100 foreigners trying to quit

http://www.wsj.com/articles/syrian-bomb-plot-marked-deadly-turn-in-civil-war-1419015331
Syrian Bomb Plot Marked Deadly Turn in Civil War

http://www.theguardian.com/news/2014/dec/18/-sp-the-race-to-save-peter-kassig?CMP=share_btn_tw
The race to save Peter Kassig

http://conflictreport.info/2014/12/19/analyzing-the-course-of-a-battle-beyond-doubt-and-propaganda-the-case-study-of-shaykh-maskin/
“The Battle of Shaykh Maskin” – in depth war reporting, using the tool of footage geolocation

http://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/6b48a014-9f03-4f4a-aaa8-192043d917fb
Jordan hangs 11 men after eight-year moratorium

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/12/21/Defected-Syrian-Gen-Tlass-says-Assad-sold-Syria-to-Iran-.html
Defected Syrian Gen. Tlass says Assad ‘sold Syria to Iran’