Aleppo’s bloodiest week / More blood than ever on the road to Geneve

Al Montor – 27-12-2013 – ALEPPO, Syria — Aleppo has seen its bloodiest week since the Syrian conflict began more than 32 months ago. I’d even venture to say it’s the bloodiest in its entire recent history, a grotesque carnival of mayhem, death and carnage, perpetrated against the hapless and helpless citizens of this long-suffering ancient city.

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JOINT VENTURE OF SO CALLED “ANTI-IMPERIALIST FORCES: Close comrades in arms !

 North Korea has been sending pilots to assist the Syrian Regime

Mit Putin auf direktem Weg zu “Entspannung & Demilitarisierung des Mittelmeers” (Slogan: Deutsche Friedensbewegung)

 Kein BLUT FÜR ÖL ! – DEUTSCHE FRIEDENSBEWEGUNG SCHWEIGT UNÜBERHÖRBAR WEITER

Russische Aneignung von 2190 Quadrat-Kilometern Syrischer Meeresressourcen führt zur weiteren Militarisierung des Mittelmeers – Russische Kriegsschiffe zum Schutz der Förderanlagen und Investitionen werden bald zahlenmäßig die amerikanischen übertreffen. Europa aber wird abhängiger werden von russisch kontrollierten pipelines.

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A POLITICAL ANATOMY OF Syria’s Kurdish Army: Interview With Redur Khalil (PYD / PKK) – By Aron LUND

December 25, 2013 –  Redur Khalil is the official spokesperson of the People’s Protection Units, or in Kurdish, Yekîneyên Parastina Gel (YPG). This secular-leftist armed faction has been in control of most of the Kurdish areas of northern Syria—which the YPG refers to as West Kurdistan, or Rojava—since summer 2012. It has clashed with the Syrian regime on some occasions, but it is now increasingly embroiled in combat with Islamist rebel factions, which accuse it of atheism and of working for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

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Syria signs offshore oil & gas exploration deal with Russia : “NO BLOOD FOR OIL” – THE OUTCRY OF THE WESTERN PEACENICKS FACING THE IRAQ WAR – YOU WILL NOT HEAR IT NOW !

 December 25, 2013 21:00 – Russia TodayDamascus has signed a major oil and gas deal with Russian company Soyuzneftegaz which allows for offshore drilling, development, and production to take place in Syria’s territorial waters for the very first time. The deal permits the exploration of 2,190 square kilometers in the Mediterranean. The costs, which are estimated at around US$90 million, will be covered solely by Soyuzneftegaz.

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MESOP’S TODAY’S SHORT CUTS WEST KURDISTAN

 

Kamal Chomani @KamalChomaniKurdish Groups Agree to Attend Geneva 2 Under United Banner. + KRG reopens Peshkhabur border crossing! rudaw.net/english/middle… #TwitterKurds

24. Dez.

 

Kurdish Groups Agree to Attend Geneva 2 Under United BannerERBIL, Kurdistan Region – The Syrian Kurdish People’s Council and Kurdistan National Council (KNC) have agreed to attend next month’s Geneva 2 conference under a united banner, and to reopen the…

 

 

Aymenn J Al-Tamimi @ajaltamimi#Iraqi crude purchased by Lebanese & Egyptian companies & transported on #Iranian ships keeps #Assad supplied w/ oil: reuters.com/article/2013/1…

23. Dez.

 

Exclusive: Assad’s secret oil lifeline: Iraqi crude from EgyptLONDON (Reuters) – The Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad has received substantial imports of Iraqi crude oil from an Egyptian port in the last nine months, shipping and payments documents

 

Syria: Salahuddin Shishani, New Leader of Jaish al-Muhajireen wal Ansar: “No Enmity With ISIS”. / WATCH VIDEO

26-12-2013 – Eaworldview – Joanna Paraszczuk – The new leader of the predominantly Chechen Jaish al-Muhajideen wal Ansar (JMA) (Army of Emigrants and Helpers), Salahuddin al-Shishani, has made a video address explaining why some of the faction refused to swear an oath of allegiance to the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham.

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THE MESOP DEBATE : THE JOSHUA LANDIS vs. RYAN CONTROVERSY ON ASSAD’S SITUATION

All this talk about Assad staying…

Matthew Barber on Sunday, December 22nd, 2013

A number of articles have been circulating recently that observe that Assad may stick around, perhaps for good. Amidst this discussion, some controversy has been stirred up around some of Dr. Landis’ comments published in a recent BBC article. The comments under discussion were: “Someone has got to bite the bullet and say Assad stays,” and “We don’t have another game in town.”

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STABLE OR UNSTABLE ? Syrian Kurdish parties PYD, KNC reach agreement on Geneva II

 Asharq Al-Awsat – By Mohamed Zangeneh -25-12-2013 – 10-point agreement reached between PYD and KNC. – ERBIL-Hewlêr, Kurdistan region ‘Iraq’,— An agreement has been reached between the Syrian Kurdish National Council (KNC) and the Syria-based Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) on Syrian Kurdish participation at the Geneva II conference.

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Syria: Assad “Lifeline” of Iraqi Oil From Egypt on Iran’s Tankers

By Scott Lucas – EAworldview – 24-12-2013 – Reuters reported on Monday that the Assad regime, desperately needing oil, received substantial imports of Iraqi crude from an Egyptian port between March and May.

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