READINGS

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/may/24/telegraph-deputy-editor-newsroom-cull?CMP=twt_gu

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/25/middleeast/raqqa-syria-isis-kurds-arabs/index.html

http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/05/23/the-liberation-of-fallujah-the-fall-of-baghdad/

https://news.vice.com/article/how-the-un-failed-to-protect-myanmars-persecuted-rohingya

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/05/17/britain-syria-airdrops-june-1-medical-aid/84495400/

http://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2016/5/17/us-unveils-secretive-saudi-debt-holdings-after-41-years

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/05/17/pentagon-only-5-percent-isis-territory-in-iraq-recaptured-in-past-5-months.html

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-saudi-idUSKCN0Y81X6

http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/exclusive-iran-orders-hezbollah-target-saudi-arabia-903428016

http://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2016/5/18/saudi-arabia-warns-of-alternative-solutions-in-syria

https://warisboring.com/whats-left-of-the-syrian-arab-army-eec39485df43#.7dxbsc6sd

http://www.thenational.ae/opinion/comment/kurdish-tensions-undermine-the-war-against-isil

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/16/world/africa/army-milley-africa-terrorism-land-war.html?smid=tw-nytimesworld&smtyp=cur

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/36009-in-syria-rebuilding-bombed-hospitals-is-an-act-of-resistance

http://europe.newsweek.com/syrian-refugees-selling-organs-survive-459745?rm=eu

http://nypost.com/2016/05/15/the-next-us-victory-in-iraq-may-just-mean-another-crisis/

http://europe.newsweek.com/putin-secretly-plotting-topple-merkel-459766?spMailingID=413542&spUserID=MTI0NzI2ODI1NTcS1&spJobID=550084944&spReportId=NTUwMDg0OTQ0S0

http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2016/05/iraqi-militia-acknowledges-fatalities-in-syrian-town-of-khan-touman.php

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/16/world/middleeast/al-qaeda-turns-to-syria-with-a-plan-to-challenge-isis.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0

http://europe.newsweek.com/408-million-people-displaced-yemen-war-nepal-earthquakes-458392?rm=eu

http://freebeacon.com/national-security/tel-asqaf-battle-questions-us-strategy-iraq/

http://uk.businessinsider.com/morgan-stanley-on-the-state-of-the-russian-economy-2016-5

http://www.aljazeera.com/blogs/middleeast/2016/05/assad-regime-losing-momentum-160514193526171.html

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2016/05/15/Killing-of-Hezbollah-s-Badreddine-points-to-open-score-settling-in-Syria-.html

http://www.thenational.ae/opinion/comment/kurdish-tensions-undermine-the-war-against-isil

http://english.aawsat.com/2016/05/article55350869/pigs-head-written-insult-outside-merkels-constituency-office

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/13/insider/how-we-measure-the-human-toll-in-syria-amid-the-fog-of-war.html?_r=0

http://www.wsj.com/articles/islamic-state-rocket-attacks-drive-syrian-refugees-from-turkish-border-haven-1463074065

http://english.aawsat.com/2016/05/article55350704/suspicion-hovers-reported-death-irgc-leader

http://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/family-04262016135942.html

http://muslimmatters.org/2015/06/18/uyghurs-china-buried-quran-backyards/

https://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2016/May-12/351828-pro-government-forces-take-ground-north-of-aleppo-activist.ashx

http://s.telegraph.co.uk/graphics/projects/isis-jihad-syria-assad-islamic/index.html

http://aa.com.tr/en/politics/18-000-shia-militiamen-fight-for-syrias-assad-sources/571207

http://warontherocks.com/2016/05/how-al-qaeda-is-winning-in-syria/

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-calls-new-u-s-missile-shield-romania-direct-threat-n572651


http://www.wsj.com/articles/turkey-threatens-stronger-military-action-in-syria-1463058079

https://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2016/May-12/351796-syrian-regime-forces-battle-militants-near-palmyra.ashx

http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/irans-tension-its-arab-neighbours-wont-be-ending-any-time-soon-523687272

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/08/books/review/the-morning-they-came-for-us-by-janine-di-giovanni.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0

https://www.yahoo.com/news/unpredictable-deadly-egypts-forgotten-insurgency-000000384.html

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-07-02/how-freelance-diplomacy-bankrolled-by-rockefellers-has-paved-the-way-for-an-iran-deal

http://english.aawsat.com/2016/05/article55350528/opinion-welcome-realism-goodbye-comfort-zones

https://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2016/May-09/351311-bin-ladens-son-urges-extremist-unity-in-syria.ashx

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/05/09/middleeast/russia-military-syria/index.html

http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iran-hazara-afghan-306092272