Bøker:
Gause, F. Gregory, The International Relations of the Persian Gulf, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010, pp. 1-183, 141-250 (193s).
Louer, Laurence, Shiism and Politics in the Middle East, London: Hurst, 2012. Hele boken er pensum.
Nakash, Yitzhak, The Shi’is of Irak, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1994, pp. 3-138, 205-281 (211s)
Wehrey, Frédéric M., Sectarian politics in the Gulf, Columbia University Press, 2014. Hele boken er pensum.
Van Dam, Nikolaos, The struggle for power in Syria. Politics and Society under Asad and the Ba’th party, London: I.B. Tauris, 2011, 1979, pp. 1-144 (145s).
Artikler og rapporter som er elektronisk tilgjengelig:
Goodarzi, Rubin, “Syria and Iran. Alliance Cooperation in a Changing Regional environment”, Ortadoğu Etütleri, 4:2, January 2013, pp. 31-54, (21s)
Hinnesbuch, Raymond, "Syria-Iraq relations: State Construction and Deconstruction and the MENA states system", LSE Middle East centre Paper Series 04, October 2014, (22s).
Haddad, Fanar, “A Sectarian Awakening: Reinventing Sunni Identity in Iraq After 2003”, Current Trends in Islamist ideology, 17, August 2014, pp. 70-101. (31s).
Juneau, Thomas, "Iran’s Failed Foreign Policy. Dealing for a Position of Weakness", Middle East Institute Policy Paper, April 2015. (20s)