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MESOP : TSIPRAS – THE HERO OF WESTERN LEFT
Words of peace & solidarity facing several hundred-thousand Syrian victims
“Visiting Iran, a key player for stability and peace in the Middle East, and a significant economic partner.” (https://twitter.com/tsipras_eu/status/696632577893994496 )
MESOP MEMRI CLIP : Former Russian Energy Minister Yuri Shafranik: U.S. Priorities ‘Are Directed Today Toward Iran’
In a Russia Today TV interview, former Russian energy minister Yuri Shafranik said that “the American priorities are clear” and are “directed today toward Iran.” “I am convinced that via Iran, the U.S. will be able to influence the Middle East,” he said in the interview, which aired on February 1, 2016. Watch all http://www.mesop.de/?p=71022
MESOP TODAYS RELEVANT TWEETS & SHORT CUTS
Aymenn J Al-Tamimi@ajaltamimi – Some fighters from #Iraq‘s Badr Organization who were killed in breaking siege of Nubl and Zahara in Aleppo, #Syria
International coalition military delegation arrives in Rojava http://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/ff2a21fe-2f5e-4eba-b37e-5fb9b831dee5/International-coalition-military-delegation-arrives-in-Rojava?platform=hootsuite … #rojava #syriankurds #usa
The Long War Journal@LongWarJournal
Jihadists reinforce other rebels during key battle in Aleppo province http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2016/02/jihadists-reinforce-other-rebels-during-key-battle-in-aleppo-province.php … by @thomasjoscelyn
Kamal Chomani@KamalChomani
PM Abbadi has told KRG delegate that he’s surprised that KRG cannot pay Peshmerga salaries as KRG exports #Kirkuk & #KRG oil. #TwitterKurds
MESOP : GREAT WORDS BY CHAIRMAN HEMIN HAWRAMI
.@heminhawrami says at .@WashInstitute military ops will not achieve anything. Both PKK and TSK cannot achieve anything by fighting
.@heminhawrami says at .@WashInstitute that ‘they will never be part of a military solution for Kurdish issue in Turkey’
@heminhawrami says at .@WashInstitute that the KDP were asked many times to do to joint ops against PKK but they rejected this
@heminhawrami :We fear that the financial crisis lead to have a badly influence Peshmerga and support the battle of #Mosul @WashInstitute
MESOP : NO IDEA? HE WILL WELCOME PKK – AS THEY DID BEFORE
No idea what the Syrian ambassador to Moscow is trying to say about the PYD office ? http://tass.ru/en/world/855330
Kurdish protest against Turkey turns violent in Paris http://news.yahoo.com/kurdish-protest-against-turkey-turns-violent-paris-141606189.html?soc_src=mediacontentstory&soc_trk=tw … via @YahooNews
MESOP : HARDWARE ARRIVED – SOME MONEY ALSO
The first batch of weapons that were stationed in Kuwait have arrived in Hewler/KRG the rest to follow soon via https://snnc.co/Breaking.aspx?id=33919&MapID=1 …
Peshmerga finally recieve their wages today after 5 months without money via http://www.awene.com/article/2016/02/08/50987 …
MESOP : PYD DISTURBES KURDISH UNITY !
.@heminhawrami blames YPG for accepting non-Kurdish forces, but not Rojava Peshmerga for reasons he dont want to mention
Iraqi politician told .@Nussaibah that Erdogan accepts independent #Kurdistan in Iraq, .@heminhawrami didn’t hear about it.
Washington Institute @WashInstitute 2h2 hours ago
.@heminhawrami: Iraqi Kurds cannot wait forever; will move ahead w/referendum in 2nd half of 2016. www.mesop.de
WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA)
MESOP : TAKING ISIS SERIOUS MEANS REGISTERING & CONTROLLING THE REFUGEESIS commander arrested in Germany. He entered the country as a “refugee”. Witnesses say he killed dozens in Syria. http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/islamischer-staat-razzia-bei-mutmasslichem-is-kommandeur-in-rheinland-pfalz-a-1075957.html …
MESOP TODAYS FLASH : Turkey Threatens to Bomb U.S.-Supported Kurds in Syria
Growing tensions with Turkey over support for Kurdish militias in Syria are hindering the fight against the Islamic State and the chances of reaching a negotiated settlement to end the Syrian civil war, U.S. officials told the Wall Street Journal. Turkish officials claim that U.S.-supplied weapons being provided to rebels in Syria are being transferred to PKK fighters in Turkey, and have threatened to bomb U.S. partner forces in Syria. The United States says it has not seen evidence of unauthorized arms transfers among Kurdish groups. Read all Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=71010
MESOP TODAYS COMMENTARY BY : Fehim Tastekin – Semih Idiz – Sam Dagher – Mustafa l Haj – ISW – Metin Gurcan et.al.
Al Monitor – 8 Feb 2016 – White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said Feb. 4 that a recent US intelligence assessment showed a drop in numbers of those fighting on behalf of the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq from 31,500 to 25,000, a sign that the Obama administration’s strategy is working, as many of these foreign fighters seek a new base in Libya and elsewhere.
The second Week in Review column in December 2012 identified the role of Russia as one of the trends to watch regarding an endgame in Syria. The Russian trend is shaping a new phase in the Syrian war. As this column wrote last month, that endgame could begin with Aleppo, which is nearly encircled by Russian- and Iranian-backed Syrian government forces. It might be fair to ask how much credit Russia should get in setting back not only IS, but al-Qaeda-linked Jabhat al-Nusra and its allies. Getting an answer might be difficult, however, for two reasons.Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=71014
MESOP TODAYS OPINION BY Dr. GALLIA LINDENSTRAUSS – Turkey Bets, yet again, on Barzani: Turkey-KRG Relations in Light of the Regional Turbulence
TUESDAY, 02 FEBRUARY 2016 – Dr. Gallia Lindenstrauss is a Research Fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), Tel Aviv University, Israel
February 4th, 2016, The Turkey Analyst – In view of the challenges Turkey is facing in the Middle East, Ankara is attempting to further solidify its relations with the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) and specifically with KRG’s president, Massoud Barzani. While this policy may assist Turkey in increasing its influence over the future of Iraq and assist it in diversifying its energy suppliers, it is less likely to help Turkey in its internal struggle with its Kurdish minority, or in countering the Kurdish aspirations in Syria. Yet, as the only still relevant remnant of Turkey’s ‘zero Problems’ policy, Turkey-KRG relations do have the potential to assist Ankara in maintaining and solidifying its influence over the future of Iraq. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=71020
NORTH KURDISTAN (TURKEY)
MESOP DOCUMENTATION : GOOD QUESTION FOR MADAME MERKEL
Mesopotamian Ecology Movement – Diyarbakir/Turkey
Press release, 8.2.2016 – People in Diyarbakir protest Merkel visit in Turkey: “Are you ready to accept additional hundreds of thousand Kurdish refugees from Turkey?”
Today a group has gathered in the Sümerpark area in the city of Diyarbakir in order to protest the German chancellor Mrs. Angela Merkel who is visiting Turkey. The protestors criticized Merkel for her double faced policy on the refugee crisis and particularly the deal of the EU with Turkey. In their speech the following statement has been done: Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=71012
SOUTH KURDISTAN (IRAQ)
MESOP : A BIG PRESENT BY THE BARZANIS TO PETER GALBRAITH WORKING FOR DNO / ACTUALLY GALBRAITH IS ENGAGED BY PYD FOR LOBBYING IN US – LOOKING FOR THE NEXT FOLLOWING OIL PROFIT FOR HIM
DNO receives $21.45 mln payment for Iraqi Kurdistan oil exports
OSLO,— REUTERS – 8 Feb 2016 – The Norwegian oil and gas operator DNO ASA, confirmed on Monday receipt of USD 21.45 million from the Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government KRG for exports from the Tawke field under a new payment arrangement announced on 1 February 2016. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=71024
MESOP BACKGROUNDER : PETER GALBRAITH & HIS MILLIONS FROM THE BARZANI’S
May 1, 2011 – OSLO, — Norwegian oil company DNO said it had resolved a long dispute over former U.S. diplomat Peter Galbraith’s middle-man role in a 2004 Iraqi oil deal by paying damages and legal costs as high as $92 million.
That compares to the $55 to $75 million in damages DNO estimated last October it would have to pay Galbraith and a Yemeni firm in an arbitration over money from an oil field in Iraqi Kurdistan that the former diplomat helped line up for DNO. www.mesop.de
MESOP : THE WHOLE KURDISTAN REGION GOES ON STRIKE (South Kurdistan KRG)
PROTESTS GROWING IN THE REGION AS GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES GO ON STRIKE – Protests growing in the region as government employees go on strike
SULAIMANI – NRT – 8 Feb 2016 Strikes in the Kurdistan Region are growing as public employees held peaceful demonstrations in cities and towns on Monday against a plan by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to cut salaries as part of austerity measures. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=71030
THE GERMAN KURDISH CHAPTER
MESOP : PUTINS BOMBARDEMENTS DER VERBRANNTEN MENSCHEN & ERDE WIRD AM ENDE DAESH (ISIS) NUTZEN
Krieg in Syrien: Putin bombt Aleppo zum zweiten Grosny
Von Christoph Sydow – DER SPIEGEL – 8 Feb 2016 – Wladimir Putin setzt im Kampf gegen die syrischen Rebellen auf seine Kriegstaktik aus dem Tschetschenien-Feldzug. “Der Syrienkonflikt lässt sich nicht militärisch lösen.” Diesen Satz wiederholen westliche Diplomaten und Politiker seit fast fünf Jahren wie ein Mantra. Wladimir Putin schickt sich nun an, das Gegenteil zu beweisen. Volltext http://www.mesop.de/?p=71018
FINANZPOLITIK IN DER FLÜCHTLINGSKRISE
Humanität gibt es nicht zum Nulltarif / Frau Kiziltepe will nicht sparen
VON BIRGER SCHOLZ , CANSEL KIZILTEPE 8. FEBRUAR 2016
Die finanzielle Hauptlast der Zuwanderung tragen bisher vor allem die Kommunen. Die SPD-Bundestagsabgeordnete Cansel Kiziltepe und der Finanzwissenschaftler Birger Scholz plädieren in dieser Notsituation für eine höhere Neuverschuldung und die Einführung einer Vermögenssteuer. – Volltext http://www.cicero.de/humanitaet-und-integration-gibt-es-nicht-zum-nulltarif/60464