READINGS

http://www.understandingwar.org/report/jabhat-al-nusra-syria
Jabhat al-Nusra in Syria

http://basnews.com/en/news/2015/01/13/shiite-militia-groups-increase-in-kurdish-territories/
Shiite Militia Groups Increase In Kurdish Territories

http://www.juancole.com/2015/01/hezbollahs-surprising-denunciation.html
Hezbollah’s Surprising Denunciation of Paris Attacks: is it Courting the West?

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/09/opinion/david-brooks-i-am-not-charlie-hebdo.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0
I Am Not Charlie Hebdo

http://world.time.com/2011/11/02/firebombed-french-paper-a-victim-of-islamistsor-its-own-obnoxious-islamophobia/?iid=gs-article-mostpop1
Martyr

http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/royal-roulette
Royal Roulette

http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2014/10/al_nusrah_front_prop.php
Al Nusrah Front propaganda focuses on Iranian influence in Lebanon, Syria

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/06/us-mideast-crisis-syria-police-idUSKBN0KF0NI20150106
Islamic State 'police' official beheaded: Syria monitor

 http://en.etilaf.org/all-news/local-news/dozens-of-hezbollah-militiamen-killed-in-a-surprise-rebel-attack-in-qalamoun.html

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

http://www.brecorder.com/markets/energy/europe/215554.html

http://eaworldview.com/2015/01/syria-feature-insurgents-hit-back-regime-regain-territory-near-aleppo/

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2015/01/11/252671_us-airstrike-in-syria-may-have.html?rh=1