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Soviet Strategy in the Middle East / Edited by George W. Breslauer. — London, New York: Routledge, 2016. – 335 p
The tribes and civil war in Libya: Tribes and Militias Post Arab Springs in the Process of Political Transition. – Brasilia: University of Brasília, Institute of International Relations, 2017. – 57 p.
Modern conflict in the greater Middle East: a country-by-country guide / Spencer C. Tucker, editor. — Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2017. – 440 p
Challenged hegemony: the United States, China, and Russia in the Persian Gulf / Steve A. Yetiv. — Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 2018. – 253 p.
Strange rebels: 1979 and the birth of the 21st century / Christian Caryl. — New York, NY: Basic Books, 2013. – 439 p
The Battle of Aleppo: The History of the Ongoing Siege at the Center of the Syrian Civil War. — Charles River Editors, 2016. – 94 p
Structuring Conflict in the Arab World: Incumbents, Opponents, and Institutions. — New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005. – 297 p.
The contemporary Middle East: a documentary history / John Felton. — Washington, DC: CQ Press, 2008. – 748 p
Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia. — New Haven, London: Yale University Press, Yale Nota Bene, 2001. – 147 p