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Bibliography: Conflict in Syria (Part 4) PERSPECTIVES ON TERRORISM Volume 13, Issue 4 Bibliography: Conflict in Syria(Part 4) Compiled and selected by Judith Tinnes [Bibliographic Series of Perspectives on Terrorism – BSPT-JT-2019-6] Abstract This bibliography contains journal articles, book chapters, books, edited volumes, theses, grey literature, bibliographies and other resources on the Syrian conflict. To keep up with the rapid changing political events, more recent publications have been prioritized during the selection process. The literature has been retrieved by manually browsing more than 200 core and periphery sources in the field of Terrorism Studies. Additionally, full- text and reference retrieval systems have been employed to broaden the search. Keywords: bibliography, resources, literature, Syria, conflict, uprising, civil war, Assad regime, rebels, opposition, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, HTS, Al-Qaeda, Hezbollah, Syrian Democratic Forces, SDF, Russia, Iran, United States NB: All websites were last visited on 20.07.2019. This subject bibliography is conceptualized as a multi-part series (for earlier bibliographies, see: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3). To avoid duplication, this compilation only includes literature not contained in the previous parts. However, meta-resources, such as bibliographies, were also included in the sequels. Literature focusing specifically on the “Islamic State” (a.k.a. ISIS, ISIL, Daesh) has been excluded as it is covered in a separate multi-part bibliography. - See also Note for the Reader at the end of this literature list. Bibliographies and other Resources Adelson, Samuel (2013, May): Annotated Bibliography for Syria. (Model Arab League Research Resources). URL: https://ncusar.org/modelarableague/resources/Annotated-Bibliography-Syria.pdf Agathocle deSyracuse (2014, May-): @deSyracuse. URL: https://twitter.com/deSyracuse Aleppo24 (2015, October-): @24Aleppo. URL: https://twitter.com/24Aleppo Al-Tamimi, Aymenn Jawad (2010-): [Homepage]. URL: http://www.aymennjawad.org Carter Center, The (2013, February-):Conflict Resolution Program – Program Reports. URL: https://www. cartercenter.org/news/publications/peace/conflict_reports.html Crane, David (Project Leader) et al. (2011-): The Syrian Accountability Project (SAP). URL: http:// syrianaccountabilityproject.syr.edu DeirezZor 24 (n.d.-): URL: https://en.deirezzor24.net Devarajan, Shanta et al. (2017): Calculating the Economic Impacts of the Syrian Conflict. [Online Calculator; developed by The World Bank in collaboration with RAND). URL: http://menaviz.worldbank.org/calculator Global Observatory (2013, June 24): A Resource Guide to the Syrian Conflict. URL: https://theglobalobservatory. org/2013/06/a-resource-guide-to-the-syrian-conflict Higgins, Eliot et al. (2014, July-): Bellingcat. URL: https://www.bellingcat.com Hinnebusch, Raymond; Imady, Omar (Eds.) (2008-): Syria Studies. [ISSN: 2051-1353]. URL: https://ojs.st- andrews.ac.uk/index.php/syria/index Institute for the Study of War (ISW) (2013, August 30-): ISW Blog: Syria. URL: http://iswresearch.blogspot. com/search/label/Syria Khatib, Hadi et al. (2015-): Syrian Archive: Curating Visual Documentation for Justice and Human Rights. URL: ISSN 2334-3745 115 August 2019 PERSPECTIVES ON TERRORISM Volume 13, Issue 4 https://syrianarchive.org Landis, Joshua et al. (2004, May-): Syria Comment. URL: https://www.joshualandis.com/blog Lund, Aron (Ed.) (2012-): Syria in Crisis. URL: http://carnegieendowment.org/syriaincrisis Lynch, Marc (2013, September 4): A Syria Reading List. Foreign Policy. URL: https://foreignpolicy. com/2013/09/04/a-syria-reading-list Masi, Alessandria (Managing Ed.) (2012, December-): Syria Deeply. URL: https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria Morrison, J. Stephen (Executive Producer & Director); Millard, Chris (Producer); Kenny, Justin (Director & Writer) (2017): The New Barbarism. [CSIS Documentary]. Washington, DC: CSIS Global Health Policy Center / The Andreas C. Dracopoulos iDeas Lab. URL: https://www.csis.org/features/new-barbarianism NATO Multimedia Library (2018, October): The Syrian Civil War. (Thematic Bibliography No. 5/18). URL: http://www.natolibguides.info/ld.php?content_id=32017936 Orton, Kyle W. (2014, March-): Kyle Orton’s Blog. URL: https://kyleorton1991.wordpress.com Paraszczuk, Joanna (2013, August-): From Chechnya to Syria: Tracking Russian-Speaking Foreign Fighters in Syria. URL: http://www.chechensinsyria.com Phillips, Christopher (2010, February-): The Battle for Syria. URL: https://cjophillips.wordpress.com Raqqa24 (2016, November-): @24Raqqa. URL: https://twitter.com/24Raqqa Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) (2014, April-): URL: https://www.raqqa-sl.com/en/ Rogalski, Jürgen; Grimm, Jannis (2015, January): Länderspezifische Analysen und Kommentare: Syrien. In: Aktuelle Kurzbibliographie. (SWP [WIM] Bibliography). URL: https://www.swp-berlin.org/swp- themendossiers/umbruch-in-der-arabischen-welt/aktuelle-kurzbibliographie/laenderspezifische-analysen- und-kommentare/#c370 Sound and Picture (n.d.-): URL: http://sound-and-picture.com/en/ Stanton, Andrea L. et al. (Eds.) (1993, Autumn-): Syrian Studies Association Bulletin. URL: https://ojcs.siue. edu/ojs/index.php/ssa/index Syrian Civil War (n.d.-): [Internet Forum]. URL: https://www.reddit.com/r/syriancivilwar Syrian Civil War Map (n.d.-): URL: https://syriancivilwarmap.com Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) (2011, June-): URL: http://sn4hr.org Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) (2006, May-): URL: http://www.syriahr.com/en Tinnes, Judith (2013, December): Literature on the Conflict in Syria (2011 – November 2013). Perspectives on Terrorism, 7(6), 137-165. URL: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/binaries/content/assets/customsites/ perspectives-on-terrorism/2013/issue-6/literature-on-the-conflict-in-syria-2011-%E2%80%93- november-2013.pdf Tinnes, Judith (2015, June): Bibliography: Conflict in Syria (Part 2). Perspectives on Terrorism, 9(3), 82-112. URL: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/binaries/content/assets/customsites/perspectives-on-terrorism/2015/ volume-3/9-bibliography-conflict-in-syria-part-2-compiled-and-selected-by-judith-tinnes.pdf Tinnes, Judith (2017, April): Bibliography: Conflict in Syria (Part 3).Perspectives on Terrorism, 11(2), 65-107. URL: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/binaries/content/assets/customsites/perspectives-on-terrorism/2017/ issue-2/0720172-bibliography-conflict-in-syria-part-3-compiled-and-selected-by-judith-tinnes.pdf van Linge, Thomas (2013, January-): @ThomasVLinge. URL: https://twitter.com/ThomasVLinge ISSN 2334-3745 116 August 2019 PERSPECTIVES ON TERRORISM Volume 13, Issue 4 Van Ostaeyen, Pieter (2011, August-): @p_vanostaeyen. URL: https://twitter.com/p_vanostaeyen Van Ostaeyen, Pieter (2012, October-): pietervanostaeyen: Musings on Arabism, Islamicism, History and Current Affairs. URL: https://pietervanostaeyen.wordpress.com Van Vlierden, Guy (n.d.-): The Count of Emmejihad: A Compilation of Figures about Foreign Fighters in Syria & Iraq from all over the World. URL: https://thecountofemmejihad.wordpress.com Van Vlierden, Guy (2013, May-): emmejihad: ExcuseMeMyEnglish – A Research Blog about Jihad in and out of Belgium. URL: https://emmejihad.wordpress.com Winter, Charlie (2013, July-): @charliewinter. URL: https://twitter.com/charliewinter Woods, Chris et al. (n.d.-): Airwars. URL: https://airwars.org Yacoubian, Mona (2019, July-): Syria Timeline: Since the Uprising against Assad. (USIP Interactive Infographic). URL: https://www.usip.org/publications/2019/07/syria-timeline-uprising-against-assad Zelin, Aaron Y. (2008, July-): @azelin. URL: https://twitter.com/azelin Zelin, Aaron Y. (2010, June-): Jihadology. URL: https://jihadology.net Books and Edited Volumes Abboud, Samer N. (2018): Syria. (2nd ed.). (Hot Spots in Global Politics). Cambridge: Polity Press. Abouzeid, Rania (2018): No Turning Back: Life, Loss, and Hope in Wartime Syria. New York: W. W. Norton & Company. Alabed, Bana (2017): Dear World: A Syrian Girl’s Story of War and Plea for Peace. New York: Simon & Schuster. al-Haj Saleh, Yassin (2017): The Impossible Revolution: Making Sense of the Syrian Tragedy. London: Hurst. Alpeyrie, Jonathan; with Stash Luczkiw (2017): The Shattered Lens: A War Photographer’s True Story of Captivity and Survival in Syria. New York: Atria Paperback. Armanazi, Ghayth (2017): The Story of Syria. n.l.: Gilgamesh Publishing. Azinović, Vlado; Jusić, Muhamed (2016): The New Lure of the Syrian War – The Foreign Fighters’ Bosnian Contingent. [e-Book]. Sarajevo: Atlantic Initiative. URL: https://www.rcc.int/p-cve/download/docs/The%20 New%20Lure%20of%20the%20Syrian%20War%20%20The%20Foreign%20Fighters%20Bosnian%20 Contingent.pdf/b5594b3a54e94a5f8596053b0d35db5c.pdf Baczko, Adam; Dorronsoro, Gilles; Quesnay, Arthur (2018): Civil War in Syria: Mobilization and Competing Social Orders. (Problems of International Politics). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. DOI: https://doi. org/10.1017/9781108355322 Balanche, Fabrice (2018, February): Sectarianism in Syria’s Civil War: A Geopolitical Study Featuring 70 Original Maps. [e-Book]. Washington, DC: The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. URL:https://www. washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/sectarianism-in-syrias-civil-war Belcastro, Francesco (2019): Syrian Foreign Policy: The Alliances of a Regional Power. (Routledge/ St. Andrews Syrian Studies). Abingdon: Routledge. Botobekov, Uran (2019): Think Like Jihadist: Anatomy of Central Asian Salafi Groups. [e-Book]. n.l.: Modern Diplomacy. URL: https://moderndiplomacy.eu/product/anatomy-of-central-asian-salafi-groups
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