The Hijackers: What will happen to Syria?

Hugh Roberts reviews “Deep State to Islamic State: The Arab Counter-Revolution and Its Jihadi Legacy” by Jean-Pierre Filiu, “Syrian Notebooks: Inside the Homs Uprising” by Jonathan Littell, “The Rise of Islamic State: Isis and the New Sunni Revolution” by Patrick Cockburn and “Isis: Inside the Army of Terror” by Michael Weiss and Hassan Hassan.

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