CIAO DATE: 11/2013

CTC Sentinel

A publication of:

The Combating Terrorism Center at West Point

Volume: 6, Issue: 8

August 2013

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• Syria: A Wicked Problem for All (PDF)

  Contents

  INTRODUCTION
  1 Syria: A Wicked Problem for All
  By Bryan Price

  SPECIAl REPORTS
  4 Turkey's Tangled Syria Policy
  By Hugh Pope
  9 Israel's Response to the Crisis in Syria
  By Arie Perliger
  11 Iran's Unwavering Support to Assad's Syria
  By Karim Sadjadpour
  14 Hizb Allah's Gambit in Syria
  By Matthew Levitt and Aaron Y. Zelin
  18 The Battle for Qusayr: How the Syrian
  Regime and Hizb Allah Tipped the Balance
  By Nicholas Blanford
  23 The Non-State Militant Landscape in Syria
  By Aron Lund
  28 From Karbala to Sayyida Zaynab:
  Iraqi Fighters in Syria's Shi`a Militias
  By Phillip Smyth
  32 CTC Sentinel Staff & Contacts