READINGS

http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2015/10/al-nusrah-front-ahrar-al-sham-form-anti-russian-alliance-in-damascus-countryside.php
Al Nusrah Front, Ahrar al Sham, Ajnad al Sham form anti-Russian alliance in Damascus countryside

https://informnapalm.org/en/weather-in-moscow-and-the-ultimatum-to-the-kremlin-il-20-in-the-sky-over-syria/
Weather in Moscow and the Ultimatum to the Kremlin. IL-20 in the Sky Over Syria

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/calculating-the-cost-of-russias-war-in-syria/540015.html
Calculating the Cost of Russia's War in Syria

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/10/25/russia-vladimir-putin-ash-carter-syria/74586002/
Harsh conditions are foiling Russian jets in Syria

http://uk.businessinsider.com/french-jihadists-reveal-what-life-is-like-in-isis-2015-10
French jihadists reveal what life is like in ISIS

http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/the-u.s.-pyd-turkey-puzzle
The U.S.-PYD-Turkey Puzzle


http://www.jamestown.org/single/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=44515&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=7&cHash=6e0daeb18854a9df336cec06f234b090#.Viqoj42hfmI
Russia’s Fourth Front: Central Asia

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charles-lister/russias-intervention-in-s_b_8350266.html
Russia's Intervention in Syria: Protracting an Already Endless Conflict

http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/syrias-kurds-are-contemplating-an-aleppo-alliance-with-assad-and-russia#.VijvDEViEDE.twitter
Syria's Kurds Are Contemplating an Aleppo Alliance with Assad and Russia

http://carnegieendowment.org/syriaincrisis/?fa=61643
Jaish al-Sham: An Ahrar al-Sham Offshoot or Something More?

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/10/syria-civil-war-213242#ixzz3ofYWoEQu
I Got Syria So Wrong via Frederic Hof

http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/1.680410?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Iran's Elite Revolutionary Guard Showcases Secret Underground Missile Base

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/13/world/middleeast/syria-russia-airstrikes.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share&_r=2
U.S. Weaponry Is Turning Syria Into Proxy War With Russia

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/11929655/US-backed-Kurdish-forces-in-Syria-may-have-committed-war-crimes.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
US-backed Kurdish forces in Syria 'may have committed war crimes'

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/11/us-mideast-crisis-syria-idUSKCN0S506F20151011
Syrian army advances with help of Russian strikes; Putin reaches out to Saudis

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/10/putin-russia-syria-oil-prices
Putin's Syria strikes are a long-term play for higher oil prices

http://syriadirect.org/news/russian-design-cluster-munitions-leave-first-responders-overwhelmed/
Russian-design cluster munitions leave first responders overwhelmed

https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/10/10/syria-new-russian-made-cluster-munition-reported
Syria: New Russian-Made Cluster Munition Reported

https://theconversation.com/how-syria-is-becoming-a-test-bed-for-high-tech-weapons-of-electronic-warfare-48779
How Syria is becoming a test bed for high-tech weapons of electronic warfare

https://csis.org/files/publication/151002_Cordesman_Russia_Color_Revolution.pdf
The Background to Putin’s Actions in Syria and the UN: Russia’s New View of the U.S. and Western Strategy

http://lecourrierdumaghrebetdelorient.info/egypt/egypt-pharaoh-under-pressure/
Pharaoh under Pressure

http://www.conflict-news.com/cracking-the-karabakh-conflict-is-war-inevitable/
Cracking the Karabakh Conflict: Is War Inevitable?