(en) Margaret Nydell, Understanding Arabs, Fifth Edition : A Contemporary Guide to Arab Society, Boston, Intercultural press, , 277 p. (ISBN978-0-9839558-0-1, lire en ligne)
Michael Haag, The Templars : The History and the Myth : From Solomon's Temple to the Freemasons (lire en ligne)
(en) John Joseph, The Modern Assyrians of the Middle East : encounters with Western Christian missions, archaeologists, and colonial powers, Leiden/Boston/Köln, Brill, , 291 p. (ISBN90-04-11641-9, lire en ligne)
Ellen blum, Crusader Castles and Modern Histories (lire en ligne)
Al-marsum al-tashri' [Parliamentary Decree] No. 133 of October 8, 1953; also United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Programme on Governance in the Arab Region on Syria, http://www.pogar.org/ (search for "Syria;" then follow "UNDP-POGAR: Arab Countries" hyperlink); also DINA CHARIF FELLER, LA GARDE (HADANAH) EN DROIT MUSULMAN ET DANS LES DROITS ÉGYPTIEN, SYRIEN ET TUNISIEN 36 (Librairie Droz 1996)
Annabelle Böttcher(en) speaks thereby of a "conciliatory gesture" (versöhnliche Geste) of the Assad regime towards the majority Sunni population. ANNABELLE BÖTTCHER, SYRISCHE RELIGIONSPOLITIK UNTER ASAD 22 (Freiburger Beiträge zu Entwicklung und Politik 1998).
