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SYRIA 29 March 2017 : The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a monitoring group, reported that the Syrian government and rebels reached a deal on the evacuation of sixteen thousand Shia residents (Reuters) in government-held towns in exchange for the evacuation of Sunni rebels from two other towns. The observatory’s director called the move “a demographic change on a sectarian basis.” Read all www.mesop.de
MESOP NEWS VIDEO
SDF PKK/PYD lead forces continue advancing towards Raqqa from multiple fronts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmQVhrasn18 … @SDF_Press_1
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MESOP SHORT CUTS : NIKKI HALEY (US AMBASSADOR) IN DECLARES UNITED NATIONS AS “SO CORRUPT!”
| The U.S. secretary of state, Rex W. Tillerson, arrives in Turkey for difficult discussions on plans to attack Raqqa, the Islamic State’s stronghold in Syria, and ahead of his first NATO meeting in Brussels tomorrow. |
| The U.S. military appears to be deepening its involvement in the Middle East’s intertwined wars. The State Department is said to have decided to lift human rights conditions on arms sales to Bahrain. |
| Meanwhile, at the United Nations, Nikki R. Haley, the U.S. ambassador, said her country was the world’s “moral conscience” and dismissed the U.N.’s Human Rights Council as “so corrupt.”
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MESOP EXCLUSIV : PUTIN CONTRA ISRAEL’S LEVIATHAN GAS TO EUROPE
Transformed Natural Gas Geostrategy in the Eastern Mediterranean: Struggling or Cooperation with Leviathan ?
Author: Aydın Sezer, Co-Founder and Co-President of Turkey-Russia Research Centre (TURAM)
Transformed Natural Gas Geostrategy in the Eastern Mediterranean: Struggling or Cooperation with Leviathan [1]?- Summary:
The plans regarding the transportation of the natural gas, which is drilled from Leviathan in Israel’s exclusive economic zone, to Europe via Turkey, indicate an important milestone with regard to Turkey’s regional policies. The idea of integrating natural gas in the Aphrodite area into the system, which is located on the pipeline route and operated by Southern Cyprus, may change the existing foreign policy balances with several dimensions, especially relating to Turkey’s Cyprus policy and Turkish-Russian natural gas cooperation. This study reveals the reasons why Israel’s natural gas is not attractive for the Turkish market in terms of the obstacles to the feasibility of the plans, the difficulties in implementing the project in terms of the Cyprus problem, and the financial disadvantages of the project in terms of creating an alternative to Turkish-Russian natural gas cooperation. In the study, some false facts regarding the dependence of Turkey on Russian natural gas are also drawn to the attention of readers. Read all and watch Graphic etc. http://www.mesop.de/?p=84217
MESOP NEWS TODAYS OPINION BY FOREIGN POLICY
MESOP TODAYS ANALYSIS : Can Trump End the War in Syria?
by FOREIGN POLICY – COLIN KAHL & ILAN GOLDENBERG & NICHOLAS HERAS
29 March 2017 – With the near-doubling of U.S. forces in northern Syria, and perhaps more on the way, President Donald Trump is moving aggressively on his pledge to “demolish and destroy” what remains of the Islamic State. American troops, backing a coalition of Kurds and Arabs known as the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), now have Raqqa, the capital of the Islamic States’s self-described caliphate, in their sights. Meanwhile, the Trump administration seems to be ramping up the intensity of the U.S. bombing campaign against al Qaeda’s deadly Syrian affiliate. But the lasting defeat of the Islamic State and al Qaeda will take more than American firepower — it will require a clear strategy to end the Syrian civil war. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=84247
NORTH KURDISTAN (TURKEY)
MESOP NEWS INSIDER : US-Turkey deal on ISIS assault? Why that’s a tough sell for Tillerson. A shift in thought – By Scott Peterson – Christian Science Monitor
On the secretary of State’s agenda in Ankara Thursday is the Raqqa, Syria, offensive. But his real challenge is Turkey’s disappointment that Trump’s election hasn’t brought a new alignment of US and Turkish interests.
March 29, 2017 Istanbul—On paper, the United States and Turkey are on the same side in the fight against the Islamic State jihadists. But on the battlefield, as a key offensive nears to force ISIS out of its Syrian capital of Raqqa, the two NATO allies could not be further apart in their choice of the means to do the job – an issue that will dominate Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s meeting with Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Thursday in Ankara.
Frustration is mounting on both sides, with the US and Turkey backing competing Syrian proxies as the primary attacking force in the Raqqa offensive. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=84235
MESOP TODAYS COMMENTARY BY BERZAN ISO (AL MONITOR)
Is Manbij the latest Kurdish poke in Erdogan’s eye?
30 March 2017 – MANBIJ, Syria — As Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was declaring in February that after taking over al-Bab, Turkey would proceed to Manbij and then to Raqqa, Al-Monitor was meeting in Manbij with Adnan Abu Amjad, general commander of the Manbij Military Council. – Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=84224
MESOP NEWS BACKGROUNDER : Turkey Halting Its Offensive in North?
March 30 – 2017 – MESOP – Turkish PM: “Operation Euphrates Shield has been successful and is finished”
Turkey has announced an end to Operation Euphrates Shield, the Turkish-rebel offensive that has driven the Islamic State from Syria’s border and taken much of northern Aleppo Province since last August.Prime Minister Binali Yildirim announced in a televised interview on Wednesday, “Operation Euphrates Shield has been successful and is finished. Any operation following this one will have a different name.”Yildirim said “everything is under control” after the Turkish-rebel forces cleared ISIS out of a 98-km (61-mile) corridor and then moved south, reaching as far as the capture of al-Bab — 30 km (19 miles) from the border and 40 km (25 miles) northeast of Aleppo city — in late February. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=84226
MESOP INSIGHT : ERDOGAN’S JAILS & TILLERSON’S VISIT TO TURKEY
Turkey deals death blow to Kurdish leadership with DBP conviction
28 March 2017 – AL MONITOR – One of Turkey’s most promising young Kurdish politicians was sentenced to eight years and nine months in prison for a questionable terrorism conviction today. A court in the mainly Kurdish southeast region pronounced Kamuran Yuksek, the charismatic co-chair of the Democratic Regions Party (DBP), a member of a terrorist organization. The official was referring to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), the militant group that has been fighting for Kurdish self-rule since 1984.
The DBP’s deputy chairman, Ramazan Tunc, claimed the verdict was reached without amassing sufficient evidence against Yuksek. “No witnesses were even heard. The verdict was rushed; the trial is purely political,” Tunc told Al-Monitor in a telephone interview. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=84219
MESOP NEWS : FBI CONTRA TILLERSON
Turkey shocked over banker’s arrest in New York
29 March 2017 – AL MONITOR – A high-ranking official from Turkey’s second-largest state-owned bank was arrested in New York City March 27. On the orders of the acting US attorney for the Southern District of New York, Joon H. Kim, FBI agents arrested Mehmet Hakan Atilla, Halkbank’s vice president for international banking, for violating the US-led sanctions against Iran. The press release from Kim’s office accused Atilla with participating “in a years-long scheme to violate American sanctions laws by helping Reza Zarrab, a major gold trader, use U.S. financial institutions to engage in prohibited financial transactions that illegally funneled millions of dollars to Iran.” Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=84243
EAST KURDISTAN (IRAN)
MESOP POINT: Top US General – “We Need to Disrupt Tehran Through Military Means”
March 30 – By Scott Lucas – eaworldview – Declaring Iran as one of the greatest threats to the US, the head of the American military in the region has called for “military means or other means” to “disrupt” the Islamic Republic.
Gen. Joseph Votel, who heads US Central Command, told a Congressional hearing on Wednesday: I believe that Iran is operating in what I call a gray zone. And it’s an area between normal competition between states — and it’s just short of open conflict.Votel said Iran pursuing “lethal aid facilitation”, the use of “surrogate forces”, and cyber-operations to pose “the greatest long-term threat to stability” in the region. He then declared: http://www.mesop.de/?p=84228
WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA)
MESOP NEWS BACKGROUNDER: ‘Al-Sharq Al-Awsat’ Report Specifies Locations Of Foreign Military Bases In Syria, Says Syria Is Turning Into Brittle Federation That Can Fall Apart At Any Moment
March 29, 2017 – Special Dispatch – No. 6849
On March 14, 2017, the London-based daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat published a report giving the location of military bases of various foreign forces in Syria, including the U.S., Russian and Turkish forces. According to the report, the locations of the bases reflect the influence-zone of each country, and that Syria is gradually becoming a loose federation of ethnic states that can fall apart at any moment.[1] – The following are excerpts from the report: http://www.mesop.de/?p=84233
SOUTH KURDISTAN (IRAQ)
MESOP NEWS “PUK – THE TEHRAN BRANCH IN KURDISTAN”:
Iran Training PUK Electoral Officials
Basnews English – 30 Marc 2017 – ERBIL — The Islamic Republic of Iran is running a training course for the electoral officials of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK).
According to the information BasNews has obtained from a confidential source, the 15-day-long course has already started and there will be a graduation ceremony held in Tehran later in April.The source pointed out that the Iranian experts are delivering the course which intends to train the PUK officials on ways of influencing the popular votes. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=84237
MESOP NEWS TODAYS “HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH REPORT” SINJAR / SHINGAL
Iraq/Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Troops Shot at Protesters / 1 Dead, at Least 7 Wounded
Languages – Available Inالعربية – Kurdî – 30 March 2017 – (Beirut) – Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) armed forces fired rubber and live bullets and teargas canisters at protesters in Sinjar on March 14, 2017, killing one person and wounding at least seven, Human Rights Watch said today. KRG authorities should investigate the use of lethal force against the protesters. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=84241
THE GERMAN CHAPTER
MESOP NEWS „ERDOGAN’S LISTEN“ + Deutsche Zwecklügen
Liste mit Spionagezielen – De Maizière vermutet türkische Provokation – FAZ 30 März 2017
……… Der türkische MIT übergab BND und Verfassungsschutz eine Liste, und de Maiziére vermutet eine Provokation. Er muß nicht vermuten, seit beinahe 18 Jahren bespitzelt und ermittelt der türkische Dienst in der BRD. In guter enger Zusammenarbeit mit dem BND + dem VS, und auch nicht nur in Sachen PKK, sondern in fast allen wirtschaftlichen , politischen + militärischen Sektoren, die den Nahen Osten betreffen. Deutsche Gerichte können ein Lied davon singen, daß ihre Verhandlungen wegen Strafsachen oft am seidenen Faden hingen, bis endlich ihnen die BND + VS Unterlagen übergeben wurden, die man von den Türken hatte.
Deshalb tut man jetzt vorsichtshalber so als sei man bass erstaunt und hochempört, weil die Wahrheit bald zutage treten könnte. Dumm! – www.mesop.de
MESOP CULTURE : DER WEISSE MANN IST DIE LETZTE MINDERHEIT ALS EIN ALLGEMEINES
KEIN GALLISCHER HAHN IN SICHT – NUR DEKADENZ / NICHT EINMAL FÜR IHRE EIGENEN WERTE WERDEN DIE DEKADENTEN KÄMPFEN & STERBEN
- EINE ÜBERSICHT DER AKTUELLEN TEXTE FRANZÖSISCHER THEORETIKER –
Frankreichs Intellektuelle schweigen nicht. Im Wahlkampf erkennen sie einen Klassenkampf. Sie sind allerdings unsicher, auf welche Seite sie sich schlagen sollen. GENF, 27. März – Vom Jürg Altwegg FAZ –
Wen wird Michel Houellebecq wählen? – Sein englischer Übersetzer berichtete, dass der Schriftsteller durchaus schon versucht gewesen sei, eine Empfehlung für Marine Le Pen abzugeben. Das wenig auf-geschlossene Frauenbild seiner Romane lässt indes auch eine gewisse Affinität zu Francois Fillon vermuten, der sich in seiner Skandalkrise noch stärker auf die Katholiken von „Sens commun” — die Gegner der „Ehe für alle” — stützt. Für ihn hatte sich der Philosoph Pascal Bruckner bei der Vorwahl der Republikaner ausgesprochen, weil er seine Haltung zum Islam als Bekenntnis zur laizistischen Republik deutet.
Volltext http://www.mesop.de/?p=84239
MESOP MEINUNG : ERDOGAN IST SEHR GEFÄHRLICH – IRAN IST VIEL GEFÄHRLICHER !
Iran wollte SPD-Politiker ermorden lassen
BILD – Artikel von: BJÖRN STRITZEL und ANTJE SCHIPPMANN veröffentlicht am 28.03.2017 – 23:14 Uhr
Vier Jahre und drei Monate Gefängnis. So lautet das Urteil des Kammergerichts Berlin in einem spektakulären Spionage-Prozess mit politischer Sprengkraft. Die Vorwürfe des Generalbundesanwalts gegen Syed Mustafa Haider: Der pakistanische Student habe im Auftrag des iranischen Geheimdienstes Reinhold Robbe (62, SPD) ausgespäht, den ehemaligen Wehrbeauftragten des Bundestags. Der Agent beschattete Robbe, machte Fotos von dessen Wohnung und legte ein dickes Dossier für den iranischen Geheimdienst an.
Ein Verfassungsschützer vor Gericht zum Ziel der Aktion: Teheran wollte im Fall eines Krieges mit westlichen Staaten über eine Liste leicht zu treffender Anschlagsziele verfügen. Volltext http://www.mesop.de/?p=84231