Assad’s Jihadist Allies
University of Oslo Eilert Sundts hus Blindern , Oslo, Oslo, NorwayWhile Media and western observers have mainly focused on the Sunni Jihadists moving to Syria to fight Assad or to join the “Islamic State” and fight Syrian opposition factions, other Jihadists - Shi’a ones - have been deploying in larger numbers in the country to defend Assad and “protect” his regime. Whether from Iraq, from…