READINGS

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/the-rise-and-ugly-fall-of-a-moderate-syrian-rebel-offers-lessons-for-the-west/2015/01/04/3889db38-80da-4974-b1ef-1886f4183624_story.html
The rise and ugly fall of a moderate Syrian rebel offers lessons for the West

http://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/urgent-unknown-planes-airdrop-weapons-isis-southeast-tikrit/
URGENT: Unknown aircrafts drop weapons to ISIS southeast of Tikrit

http://www.thetower.org/1474-sources-close-to-hezbollah-the-group-in-a-difficult-situation/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Sources Close to Hezbollah Say Group is in “Difficult” Situation

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/security/2014/02/syria-tartus-conflict-residents-refugees.html#

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/desperate-for-soldiers-assads-government-imposes-harsh-recruitment-measures/2014/12/28/62f99194-6d1d-4bd6-a862-b3ab46c6b33b_story.html

 http://sunniprisonersiran.com/letter-from-prisoners-marking-two-years-since-the-execution-of-6-sunni-preachers-in-iran/


http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/12/iran-getting-away-with-murder/384095/
Iran Is Getting Away With Murder

http://carnegie-mec.org/2014/12/24/tackling-sunni-radicalization-in-lebanon/hxuv
Tackling Sunni Radicalization in Lebanon
http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21637416-wars-syria-and-iraq-are-sucking-iran-ever-more-tangled-conflicts-death
Death of a general