No. 128 analytical digest 10 June 2013 RUSSIA IN THE SYRIAN CONFLICT russian www.css.ethz.ch/rad www.laender-analysen.de German Association for East European Studies Research Centre for East European Studies University of Bremen Institute of History University of Zurich Center for Security Studies ETH Zurich Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies The George Washington University ■ ANALYSIS he Impact of the Syrian Conlict on Russian Relations with Other Middle Eastern Countries 2 By Mark N. Katz, Fairfax, VA ■ ANALYSIS Civil War, Revolution or Counter-Insurgency? he Syrian Conlict through Russian Eyes 4 By Philipp Casula, Zurich ■ STATISTICS Russian Arms Deliveries To Syria 8 ■ OPINION POLL Russian Attitudes Towards the Conlict in Syria 10