Information on the above-mentioned topic could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Sources Consulted

Three oral sources did not have information on this group.

Political Handbook of the World. Yearly. Edited by Arthur S. Banks. New York: CSA Publications.

Countries of the World and Their Leaders Yearbook. 1988-present. Yearly. Detroit: Gale Research Inc.

Revolutionary and Dissident Movements: An International Guide. 1991. Edited by Henry W. Degenhartd. London: Longman.

World Encyclopedia of Political Systems and Parties. 1987. 2nd ed. Vol. 1. Edited by George E. Delury. New York: Facts on File Publications.

Political Parties of the World. 1988. 3rd ed. Edited by Alan J. Day. Chicago: St. James Press.

Yearbook on International Communist Affairs. 1989. Edited by Richard F. Starr. Stanford, Ca: Hoover Institution Press.

Communist and Marxist Parties of the World. 1990. London: St. James Press.

Arabies [Paris]. Bi-monthly.

The Middle East [London]. Monthly.

Middle East International [London/New York]. Bi-monthly.

Monde arabe Maghreb-Machrek [Paris]. Quarterly.

Middle East Report [Washington]. Bi-monthly.

News From Middle East Watch [New York]. monthly.

Mideast Mirror [London]. Daily.

The Jerusalem Report [Jerusalem]. Various dates.

The Lebanon Report [Beirut]. Monthly.

Note on oral sources:

Oral sources are usually contacted when documentary sources have been exhausted. However, oral sources must agree to be quoted in a publicly available Response to Information Request. If they refuse, the Response will read "no information currently available." Contacting oral sources is also subject to time constraints; for example, periods of the year when academics are unavailable.

Note on media on-line searches:

Please note that on-line searches, which require delays and involve significant costs, are not performed for every Response to Information Request. The nature and subject of the request will determine whether an on-line search of sources can be performed.

Note:

This list is not exhaustive. Country-specific books available in the Resource Centre are not included.