AL ASSAD : The Resurgence of a genuine war criminal by Western powers

TODAY’S  MESOP QUOTATION  (I) : FACING GENEVA II – Assad triumphs President Hollande

“President Assad enjoys a big majority while [France’s] President [Francois] Hollande has only 15 percent support of the French people,” Syrian official.

Damascus defiant on Assad re-election

December 20, 2013 12:50 AM – Agencies -DAMASCUS: The Syrian government said Thursday that nobody can prevent the country’s embattled President Bashar Assad from running for re-election next year.

TODAY’S MESOP QUOTATION (II)

 “Russia is willing to accept a third bloc for the Kurds but it is other powers, particularly America, which insist on a two-party negotiation,” the PYD’s Ahmad said. “If they insist on a single umbrella opposition group, we will go with the opposition as part of a unified Kurdish legal council within it, but we strongly believe in the principle that the Kurds deserve their own representation.”

 (The Daily Star :: Lebanon News :: http://www.dailystar.com.lb)