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MESOP TODAYS FLASH : PYD/PKK confiscates property && houses of refugees to Europe

16 Sep 2015 – PYD to confiscate abandoned property in Al-Hasakah – The semi-autonomous Kurdish Democratic Party (PYD) government in Al-Hasakah province issued a decree on Tuesday authorizing the confiscation of property belonging to residents who have left the province. “The confiscated property will not be returned, unless the self-administration issues a specific decision stipulating it,” Jad al-Hasakawi, an Arab member of the Youth Union of Al-Hasakah, told Syria Direct on Wednesday. “I don’t think this is likely” added al-Hasakawi, noting that the decision will have a wide impact, as he estimated that “30 percent” of Al-Hasakah has left the province because of fighting with the Islamic State. The PYD will use the confiscated property to house fighters with its armed wing, the YPG, said al-Hasakawi.  www.mesop.de  

MESOP : BASHAR AL ASSAD PRAISES HIS ALLIES = PYD/PKK

Assad: Syrian Kurds “Part of Syria and Its Army” – They have Supported Syrian regime against opposition parties, says Syrian president

Basnews | Herman Khalid – 16.09.2015 – DAMASCUS – The Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has insisted that the Kurds are not Syrian regime’s allies but part of the country and its army. Read all: http://www.mesop.de/?p=64776

KDP official says Kurdish fighters trained by Kurdish govt will return to Syria. They were previously fighting in… http://fb.me/6Q6L7kecR

MESOP : WATCH ARON LUND !

Aron Lund ‏@aron_ld 53s53 seconds ago –Absolutely fascinating opinion poll data by @ORB_int #Syria http://www.orb-international.com/perch/resources/syriadata.pdf … #Iraq http://www.orb-international.com/perch/resources/iraqdata.pdf …

MESOP TODAYS OPINION : Kurdistan’s Missed Chance for Reform

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015 Christine McCaffray van den Toorn , Raad Alkadiri – Carnegie Endowment – Political deadlock within the Kurdistan Regional Government is hindering the shift from an executive to a parliamentary system. Over the past few weeks, disputes have grown over whether to extend Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani’s mandate for another two years. Barzani’s political rivals have sought to make any extension conditional on establishing a parliamentary system in Kurdistan. However, Barzani and his Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) are refusing to yield power or to introduce any of the meaningful changes demanded, insisting the president has every legal right to remain in office. Read all: http://www.mesop.de/?p=64758

MESOP : ROYAL DEMENTI – Saudi slams ‘false accusations’ over Syria refugees – By Staff Writer | Al Arabiya News – 15 September 2015

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman on Monday chaired a cabinet session in which “false and misleading accusations” over the Kingdom’s response to the Syrian refugee crisis were addressed. Almost 2.5 million Syrians have been received by Saudi Arabia since the start of the civil war, state news agency SPA reported. Read more http://www.mesop.de/?p=64760

WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA)

MESOP TODAYS COMMENTARY : Faysal Itani – Resident Fellow at the Atlantic Council, focusing on Syria and its neighbors.

In Zabadani, Signs of a New and Worrying Iranian Strategy in Syria / Bassam Barabandi, a former Syrian diplomat, is a co-author.

Amid promises from Iran of a peace plan for Syria, lets get one thing straight: The Islamic Republic is not negotiating over its key interests in Syria, but advancing them more directly, and possibly with less concern for Bashar al-Assad’s fate. Furthermore, Assad’s woes are not pressuring Iran to negotiate, but embedding it more deeply in Syria. Rather than bring peace, this will probably worsen the war’s sectarian character, strengthen jihadist groups, and make a lasting settlement less likely than ever. Read all: http://www.mesop.de/?p=64766

MESOP : ANALYSIS OF NEAR EAST POLICY FROM THE SCHOLARS & ASSOCIATES OF THE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE

RUSSIA IN SYRIA (PART 2): MILITARY IMPLICATIONS – PolicyWatch 2484 – September 15, 2015 – By Jeffrey White – Read Part 1 of this PolicyWatch, which discussed Russia’s declining military capabilities and how they might affect the Kremlin’s policies in Syria, Ukraine, and elsewhere: As Moscow builds up a reportedly substantial presence in the coastal provinces, Washington and its allies need to consider how the intervention could affect the Assad regime’s prospects of survival and the future of the campaign against ISIS. Read all: http://www.mesop.de/?p=64768

MESOP : CAMERON’S IDEAS – PLAN TO CREATE NO-FLY ZONE IN SYRIA TO HALT REFUGEE EXODUS

David Cameron presented with the option by military chiefs at National Security Council – September 15, 2015, EXCLUSIVE By Tom Newton Dunn, Political Editor – THE SUN – Britain is looking at setting up a no fly zone over Syria’s battle fields in a bid to halt the refugee exodus to Europe, SunNation can reveal. David Cameron was presented with the option by military chiefs at the National Security Council this afternoon.It was one of several drawn up after the PM ordered top brass and intelligence bosses to look again at how to end the bloody four-year long civil war. Read all: http://www.mesop.de/?p=64770

U.S. and Israel Criticize Russian Escalation in Syria

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to discuss Russia’s apparent buildup of forces in Syria, saying. Russia’s action, Kerry said, “risks exacerbating and extending the conflict, and undermining our shared goal of fighting extremism if we do not also remain focused on finding a solution to the conflict in Syria via a genuine political transition.” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also expressed concern about the potential for escalation. He will visit Moscow next week to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to “present the threats against Israel that arise as a result of the increased flow of advanced weapons into the Syrian arena and the trickle of deadly weapons to Hezbollah and other terrorist organizations,” Israeli officials said. Click for links http://www.mesop.de/?p=64774

THE GERMAN KURDISH CHAPTER

MESOP : AN WILHELM VON HUMBOLDTS UNIVERSITÄT / DIE LETZTEN TAGE VON EUROPA

FACHSCHAFTSINITIATIVE GENDER STUDIES – 13. SEPTEMBER 2015 | FSIGENDERSTUDIESHU

Liebe Student*innen der Gender Studies, liebe Interessierte,

Anfang Juli 2015 sah sich die weiß und mehrheitlich cis*-positionierte Fachschaft Gender Studies (FSI) dazu gezwungen, eine weiß und trans*-positionierte Person (R.) auszuschließen. Im Rahmen seiner_ihrer Fachschaftsarbeit kam es zu massiven rassistischen Äußerungen und Handlungen durch R. Dass erstmalig so ein drastischer Schritt, ein Ausschluss, nötig ist, möchten wir an dieser Stelle begründen und unsere Entscheidung öffentlich darlegen. Denn Rassismus ist keine Privatangelegenheit! – Im Zuge eines Seminars der Gender Studies bei Lann Hornscheidt im Sommersemester 2015 wurde gegen den, von Lann Hornscheidt ausgeübten, Rassismus interveniert. Eine beteiligte, cis-positionierte, PoC (N.) hat nach der Intervention die FSI davon in Kenntnis gesetzt. R.s Reaktion darauf war in mehrfacher Hinsicht anmaßend und diskriminierend. Als weißeTrans*-Person verlangte R. von der WoC spezifische Auskünfte über die race- und gender-Positionierungen innerhalb der Interventions-Gruppe. Denn schließlich sei der weißeRaum, in dem interveniert wurde, ein Schutzraum für Trans*-Personen. Somit müsse, als Legitimation, ein_e Trans*Inter*GnC (Gender non Conforming) PoC oder Schwarze_r in die Intervention involviert sein. Wenn ein_e solche_r nicht gefragt werden könne, müsse letztlich eine weißeTrans*Inter*GnC Person die Erlaubnis erteilen, in einem „weißen Trans*Schutzraum“ zu intervenieren, zum Beispiel R. selbst. Volltext : http://www.mesop.de/?p=64764

MESOP : Der neueste Smear gegen Charlie Hebdo

VON BERND BEIER / jungle world – Das französische Satiremagazin Charlie Hebdo hat mit seiner jüngsten Ausgabe erneut die internationale Brigade der Humorkritiker auf den Plan gerufen – Humorkritiker im selben Sinne wie Asylkritiker.

Nach einer der in jüngster Zeit immer beliebter werdenden Triggerwarnung – „WARNUNG: Dieser Text enthält Bilder, die einige Leser verstörend finden könnten“ – berichtet die Huffington Post Deutschland:
„Ein Cartoon des Heftes, der in sozialen Medien kursiert, zeigt den ertrunkenen syrischen Jungen Aylan Kurdi, der mit dem Gesicht nach unten am Strand liegt. Dazu die Worte: ‚So nah an seinem Ziel…’. Im Hintergrund steht ein Schild im Stil des McDonald’s Happy Meal, auf dem steht: ‚Zwei Kindermenüs zum Preis von einem.’” – Bebildert wird der Beitrag mit einer plumpen Fälschung des jüngsten Titelblatts von Charlie Hebdo, wie sie derzeit auf Twitter und in anderen „sozialen Netzwerken“ kursiert. Der Cartoon aus dem Innern des Blattes wurde stümperhaft auf die Titelseite kopiert, um den Erregungspegel der sich sturzbetroffen Fühlenden in schwindelerregende Höhen zu schrauben. Volltext : http://www.mesop.de/?p=64762