Syrian Kurds Agree to Disagree / By Wladimir van Wilgenburg

AL Monitor – 31-12-2013 – WASHINGTON — Leaders of the Syrian Kurdish parties agreed Dec. 24 to participate in the Geneva II peace conference on Jan. 22 with a single Kurdish voice as either part of the Syrian opposition bloc or as an independent Kurdish delegation. But differences remain over how to administer the Kurdish areas in the future, which could again lead to tensions among them.

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Al Qaida stürmt Kafranbel / Kafranbel stormed by Al Qaida

30. Dezember 2013, von Thomas von der Osten-Sacken – Die Bewohner der  Stadt Kafranbel sind so etwas wie das Symbol des syrischen Aufstandes geworden, und zwar Symbol für den nichtislamistischen oder sektiererischen Teil der Aufständischen. – Ein guter Grund, nicht nur vom Assad Regime, sondern auch von Al Qaida und anderen Islamisten gehasst zu werden. Nun wurde Al Qaida aktiv:

Militants from the Al-Qaeda affiliate the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) have stormed several media facilities in the rebel-held town of Kafranbel, one of the best-known symbols of Syria’s anti-government uprising, activists said.

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15 Palästinenser in Flüchtlingslager Yarmouk verhungert (UNO) – Eingekesselt von Assad’s Truppen : WO IST DIE DEUTSCHE SOGENANNTE „PALÄSTINA-SOLIDARITÄT“ ? PAECH – GROTH – HÖRGER – STRUTINSKY – RUF – WATZAL – ARENDT ?

Bürgerkrieg in Syrien: 15 Palästinenser in Flüchtlingslager verhungert (UNO)

DER SPIEGEL 31-12-2013 – Die Lage der Flüchtlinge in Syrien wird immer katastrophaler: In einem Flüchtlingscamp sollen in den vergangenen drei Monaten 15 Menschen verhungert sein. Weitere 20.000 Menschen sind dort noch eingeschlossen, die Uno befürchtet eine dramatische Verschlimmerung.

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Libanesische Armee schiesst zurück: Hollandes gigantischer Waffendeal am Rande des Krieges

Aus Saudiarabien fliesst nun eine Rekordsumme nach Beirut – für Waffenkäufe in Frankreich.

31-12-2013 – Basler Zeitung – Der Libanon hat erstmals im Syrien-Konflikt mit seiner Luftabwehr auf syrische Hubschrauber gefeuert, die sich über seinem Staatsgebiet befanden. Entsprechend den Einsatzbefehlen sei in der grenznahen Region um Arsal heute Montag auf syrische Helikopter geschossen worden, sagte ein Militärvertreter in Beirut der Nachrichtenagentur AFP. Die syrischen Hubschrauber hätten dort die Ortschaft Chirbet Dawud angegriffen.

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Rojava : Christian Political Groups ‘Divided’ Over Kurdish Administration

31-1-22013 – Assyrian nationalist group rejects PYD administration project, Syriac Union supports it. More information on Christian politics in Qamishli can be found here on Carnegie and a piece written by Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi

Wladimir @vvanwilgenburg  – Assyrian party part of Syrian coalition rejects PYD administration, Syriac Union supports it http://www.welati.info/nuce.php?ziman=ar&id=12136&niviskar=1&cure=5&kijan= … #twitterkurds

YPG Warns Assad Regime Journalists

A YPG media centre statement on 30.10.2013 denies this regime media reports of a Syrian government channel that the regime captured several villages from insurgent groups in the Hasakah province. There were also reports by Orient TV and Yekiti media that the regime supported the YPG in their recent campaigns. Apparently the regime shot some video footage in the Arab villages still under their control of south of Qamishli. The YPG says they didn’t allow any media in the YPG-captured city of Tel Brak and that if any regime journalist would enter the frontline areas, they would immediately be arrested on the charges of espionage. The YPG appealed to media organizations not to believe the media organizations of the ‘criminal system’. Moreover, the YPG criticized the media in the KRG for using the regime reports and that this helps the ISIS and the Assad regime. The YPG denies that any Syrian soldier or regime supported them in their armed campaigns against Islamist insurgent groups.
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Kurdish FSA Group Meets Syrian Interim Administration Leader

The Kurdish FSA group, the Syrian Kurdish Revolutionary Council (Komala) met on 29 dec met the president of the interim Syrian administration, Dr Ahmed Tohme in Gaziantep.
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Economic Development Board Visits Border Crossings


Economic Development Board (PYD) visits the border crossings of Saemalka (KDP-PYD controlled) and Yarubiya (Tel Kocer) (Iraqi-PYD controlled) in order to inspect the situation and the possibility to open the border crossings to aid and trade in order to weaken the blockade on the Kurdish areas of Syria (ANHA)
Posted by  Wladimir van Wilgenburg

PYD leader in Austria


PYD-leader visits Kurdish community in Austria and says they are not against any Kurdish political group to go to Geneva II.
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Syria and the banality of evil : Violence and human loss in Syria became completely normalized in 2013

Michael Young- Daily Star – Lebanon

28-1-2013 – To borrow a famous quotation:  in 2013 the violence and suffering in Syria came to embody the banality of evil. The tragedy has grown to such proportions that it has become repetitious – without variation, respite, or hope. In much the same way, the mass of humanity that has fled Syria has also become banal.

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