Phillip Smyth

Phillip Smyth is a researcher at the University of Maryland’s Laboratory for Computational Cultural Dynamics and author of the Hizballah Cavalcade blog, which focuses on Shiite militant organizations. Follow him on Twitter: @PhillipSmyth.
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Iran’s Martyrdom Machine Springs to Life

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Phillip Smyth
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Assad Strikes Back

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Israel Is the New Front in the Syrian War

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All the Ayatollah’s Men

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The Vocabulary of Sectarianism

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Aaron Y. Zelin, Phillip Smyth
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Syria’s multipolar war

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Charles Lister, Phillip Smyth
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Hezbollah’s Fallen Soldiers

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