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MESOP TODAY’S HEADLINE : LAST MINUTES = THE HARD WORKING OBAMA !
Obama Attempts to Strengthen Iran Deal Before Trump Takes Office
Al Bawaba. Jordan. Read all http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/content/obama-attempts-strengthen-iran-deal-trump-takes-office
WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA)
Erdogan Urges US, Others to Reconsider Turkish Proposal for Syria No-Fly Zone
Haaretz. Israel. Read all http://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/1.754321
WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA)
MESOP NEWS : WESTERN MADNESS AT IT’S BEST
Autocrat Appeasement? – Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard Goes to Trump Tower to Defend Assad
Tulsi Gabbard, a favorite of both progressives and Trump senior counselor Steve Bannon, met with the president-elect Monday to make a plea: Leave Syria’s dictator alone.
Tim Mak – THE DAILY BEAST – 11.22.16 2:25 AM ET – Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has been a rising star in progressive circles, which makes her meeting Monday with President-elect Donald Trump highly unusual, at least at first glance.But the Hawaii congresswoman has also been a defender of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and Russia’s Vladimir Putin – Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=80289
MESOP INSIGHT : The Road to ar-Raqqah: Background on the Syrian Democratic Forces
Nov 22, 2016 – Genevieve Casagrande (ISW) – The composition and behavior of the force that recaptures ar-Raqqah City will in part determine the long-term success of the U.S.-led anti-ISIS campaign in Syria. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) is the U.S.’s most effective partner fighting ISIS in Syria, but it has limitations that risk undermining the gains it makes on the ground. The SDF, although dominated by the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), is not monolithic. The SDF coalition consists of Kurdish, Arab, Syriac Christian, and Turkmen groups. The U.S. built the SDF in late 2015 by recruiting a “Syrian Arab Coalition” to fight alongside the YPG and other local militias. The SDF continued to attract Arab fighters in the lead up to operations against ISIS in ar-Raqqah, including the recent inclusion of members of the Free Officer’s Union, a group of several high-ranking Syrian Arab Army defectors, in October 2016. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=80300
NORTH KURDISTAN (TURKEY)
MESOP NEWS : TRUMP’S FLYNN ON TURKISH PAY-ROLL?
. LT. GEN. Michael T. Flynn: “Gun for Hire”
Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn, a Trump national security adviser, has been paid by Turkish money laundered through a Dutch company to lobby on behalf of the Turkish government. More than bad judgement, Flynn’s egregious conduct raises ethical questions. It also casts doubt on his suitability for public office. Huff-Post
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MESOP PROGNOSIS : GOOD MORNING BRUSSELS ! – ERDOGAN UNTIL ETERNITY !?
How Erdogan can rule Turkey till 2029 – By Mustafa Akyol
21 Nov 2016 – Al Monitor – The hottest political topic in Turkey these days is the major constitutional amendment the government is cooking up to introduce a “presidential system.” This, in fact, has been the grand ambition of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the past few years. But only now, thanks to the political alliance they formed with the Nationalist Action Party (MHP), they can find enough mandates in the parliament — more than 330 seats out of 550 — to realize this major transition. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=80293
MESOP BACKGROUNDER : THE CAMPAIGN FOR MOSUL / OVERVIEW: 16 – 21 Nov
By Emily Anagnostos, Patrick Martin, and the ISW Iraq Team
The campaign for Mosul entered its second month, with current momentum indicating that the operation will last into January 2017. The Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) remained entrenched in eastern Mosul while facing fierce ISIS resistance in from November 16 to 21, and Shi’a militias are on the outskirts of Tel Afar after seizing the nearby airbase on November 16.
The ISF has made little progress over the past week in eastern Mosul; they remain engaged in the same neighborhoods they have occupied since entering eastern Mosul on November 1.The Federal Police announced on November 19 that it had completed operations on Mosul’s southern axis and are positioning to breach the city’s southern border, where they will face an immediate fight over the airport and military base, both of which ISIS still occupies. The 16th Iraqi Army Division remains engaged in operations north of Mosul and has made no indication of a timeline to move into the city itself. Iraqi Shi’a militias advanced towards Tel Afar, west of Mosul, after retaking the nearby airbase on November 16. Read all and watch Pics & Graphics http://www.mesop.de/?p=80291
MESOP MIDDLE EAST
MESOP Q&A : A MARSHALL PLAN FOR RAQQA – FOR MOSUL – FOR WHOLE MIDDLE EAST ?
November 21, 2016 Moscow, Washington, and the Wreckage of Syria – By Frederic C. Hof – Frederic C. Hof is director of the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center
At a recent international conference, Russian scholars triumphantly upheld their country’s role in Syria and called on the West to organize a “Marshall Plan” to rebuild Syria under Bashar al-Assad. In Peru, meanwhile, President Obama—he who has put American boots on the ground in Syria to help fight ISIS—lamented (without apparent irony) that he could never find a legal justification to act militarily in Syria. The slaughter of Syrian civilians and its policy consequences are bad enough. The narratives of those who unashamedly glorify the perpetrators and those who coldly dismiss defending the defenseless add enduring insult to an ongoing abomination. And someone will ultimately have to pay to rebuild that which has been utterly wrecked by a regime and its supporters. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=80296
MESOP EXTRA : The Russian Media Outlet Lenta.ru Tells The Story Of Russia’s Lone Aircraft Carrier, The Admiral Kuznetsov
November 22, 2016 Special Dispatch No.6687- MEMRI – On October 27, the Russian media outlet Lenta.ru published a lengthy report on the history of the Russian carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, titled “Fire In The Sky, Why Admiral Kuznetsov Is Smoking.” The article’s author, Ilya Kramnik, explains that the Russian aircraft carrier’s creation was the result of many compromises and palliative decisions. After departing Severomorsk[1] on October 15, the Admiral Kuznetsov reached Syria on November 12. Russia’s aircraft carrier has already been involved in large-scale operations to deliver strikes in the Syrian provinces of Idlib and Homs.[2]
Below are excerpts from Lenta.ru’s article:[3] Read all : http://www.mesop.de/?p=80298
THE GERMAN CHAPTER
ERDOGAN 2029 – WORT DES JAHRES – SCHULZ, WER BIST DU ?
Wer bist du?! Was denkst du, wer du bist? Irgendein Präsident von irgendeinem Parlament. Und?! Was bist du?! Seit wann hast du Erlaubnis, über die Türkei Entscheidungen zu treffen?
MESOP NEWS : ERDOGANS REDE HEUTE – MIT NATO GEMEINSAM GEGEN PKK – Erdogan fordert NATO-Unterstützung gegen PKK
ORF Österreich – 21 Nov 2016 – Der türkische Präsident Recep Tayyip Erdogan hat von den NATO-Partnern mehr Unterstützung im Kampf gegen „alle Terrororganisationen“ verlangt, insbesondere gegen die Dschihadistenmiliz Islamischer Staat (IS) und die Arbeiterpartei Kurdistans (PKK).Erdogan warf der EU heute bei einer Rede vor der parlamentarischen Versammlung der NATO in Istanbul erneut vor, die Aktivitäten der kurdischen Extremisten auf ihrem Gebiet zu duldenVolltext http://www.mesop.de/?p=80283
MESOP SKANDAL : DIE VORZEIGE-GRÜNE & DER OSMANISCHE ROCKER BOSS IN HAMBURG
Wirbel um gemeinsame Bilder – Von – MOPO HAMBURG – 21.11.16, 22:20 Uhr – Sie ist die einstige Vorzeige-Grüne, ehemalige Vizepräsidentin der Bürgerschaft, immer noch Abgeordnete, außerdem Vorsitzende der Türkischen Gemeinde Hamburg. Er ist der Chef der „Osmanen Germania Hamburg“, einer aufstrebenden Rocker-Gruppe im Visier der Polizei. Nebahat Güclü und Müslüm Cavas: Ausgerechnet diese beiden verstehen sich offenbar prächtig – was jetzt für Wirbel sorgt. Mal sitzen sie bei Kerzenschein beim „Lieblings-Italiener“, mal lächeln sie beim Kaffee in die Kamera oder posieren für ein Foto auf der Jubiläumsfeier der Türkischen Gemeinde. Die Bilder sorgen nun innerhalb und außerhalb der Bürgerschaft für Wirbel, weil Cavas (Spitzname: „The Shark“) als Präsident der „Osmanen Germania Hamburg“ nicht als gewöhnliche Bekanntschaft einer Politikerin durchgeht. VOLLTET & FOTOS http://www.mesop.de/?p=80287
MESOP : MEINE TEKEL PUTIN / DIE LEHRE VOM ZERFALL
Tempo allegro der Zerfall: Estland unter pro-russischer Führung, Bulgarien ebenso, Moldau, Ungarn – demnächst Hofers Wahl in Österreich: ein einziger pro Putin Fan-Club. Wilders in Holland im Frühjahr 2017 beste Wahlchancen, so auch Le Pen mit mindestens Stimmenzuwachs. Renzi und Tsipras nicht fern von Sympathien für Putin – Mogherini sowieso. Die deutsche Linke wird mit Oskar Lafontaine bei der AfD sog. „Schnittmengen“ entdecken: pro Putin. Die Hawaii Vertreterin in Washington (aus Hillarys Lager!) Tulsi Gabbard propagierte heute als erste Sympathie für Assad + Putin. „Leave Assad alone!“
Putin kann sich kaum noch retten vor lauter Fans: nun wird ein spezifischer Teil der deutschen Linken das übliche ZETERN + KLAGEN eröffnen: irgendwie an alle, ans imaginierte Publikum. Die übliche Selbstinszenierung.
Sie sollten aber einfach nur überlegen, was sie selber falsch gemacht haben ! (www.mesop.de)