SALIH MUSLIM IN MOSCOW : A CASE STUDY OF SO CALLED “REVOLUTIONARY NEUTRALITY”
Syria Kurds back no side in Syria
The Leader of Syria pro- Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), Salih Muslim, stated his party does not back the government of President Bashar al- Assad nor the opposition side, Hawar news reported.
TODAY’S MESOP QUOTATION : SO WHY GENEVA II ?
Regarding Geneva, the regime’s approach to the war suggests that it will not negotiate seriously with the rebels
THE SYRIAN REGIME’S MILITARY SOLUTION TO THE WAR
ANALYSIS OF NEAR EAST POLICY FROM THE SCHOLARS & ASSOCIATES OF THE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE
/ PolicyWatch 2185 – December 18, 2013 – By Jeffrey White
Victory is not assured for the regime, but trends are moving in its favor. – It has become commonplace to say that “there is no military solution” to the conflict in Syria. That claim, invoked by Western officials including the U.S. secretary of state, is used to justify an emphasis on diplomacy (the Geneva II process) and limitations on assistance to the armed opposition.
New York Times : SYRIA : Saudi Arabia Will Go It Alone
By MOHAMMED BIN NAWAF BIN ABDULAZIZ AL SAUD – December 17, 2013 – London — Saudi Arabia has been friends with our Western partners for decades; for some, like the United Kingdom where I serve as ambassador, for almost a century. These are strategic alliances that benefit us both. Recently, these relationships have been tested — principally because of differences over Iran and Syria.
A Confused Situation in Northern Syria / Carnegie Endowment
by: Aron Lund Tuesday, December 17, 2013 – The conflict among rebels at the strategic Bab al-Hawa border crossing into Turkey has rattled both the Syrian opposition and its foreign backers. New versions of what happened continue to emerge, but the exact details remain as murky as ever.
THE FRACTIOUS POLITICS OF SYRIA’S KURDS
PolicyWatch 2184 – December 18, 2013 – By Barak Barfi
The dominant power in Syria’s Kurdish regions, the PYD, is deeply problematic but shares some common interests with the United States.
MESOP OPINION: GEORGE ORWELL, THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR & SYRIA
What Orwell can tell us about Syria / The author of 1984 & Animal Farm probably would not have stayed silent on Assad’s Syria
December 14, 2013 – Nowmedia – By EVAN HELMUTH
There is always a danger in attributing opinions about modern events to the dead. We cannot say with absolute certainty that George Orwell would not have backed the Assad regime as the “secular” and “anti-imperialist” lesser of two evils, simply because we have not yet devised a way of rousing the deceased and asking him. But Orwell’s record of opposing all three of the pernicious “isms” of his lifetime (imperialism, fascism, and Stalinism) means that we can make an educated guess as to what view he would have taken of the Syrian war.
TODAY’S MESOP SHORT CUTS WEST KURDISTAN
Deputy FSA Commander Against Siege
18.12.2013 – Deputy FSA commander Malik al-Kurdi claims in an interview with the Welati, that PYD arrested six officers of the FSA eight months ago and accuses PYD again to supporting the regime (which the PYD denies). He might be talking of members of the Kurdish FSA group Komale that allegedly disappeared when they wanted to go to the KRG through Rojava. He also condemns the embargo and arbitrary arrest of Kurds and calls on all side of Syrian opposition and PYD to release prisoners. He also claims that he is against the siege on Kurdish areas.
ISIS Releases Kurds After Kurdish Islamists ‘Intervene’
18-12-2013 – Welati reports that ISIS released hundreds of Kurds after intervention of the Kurdish Islamic Front led by Abu Abdullah. They were abducted from a village last friday. Nevertheless, still more than 50 Kurds in ISIS prisons, including women, form Manbij and Jarabulus country side on the grounds that they are supporters of the PYD. Nevertheless, ISIS continues with blockade on Kobani and Afrin and other Kurdish villages controlled by YPG. – Posted by Wladimir van Wilgenburg
Increased security presence in Qamishli
Increased visits of Syrian govt officials to Kurdish areas and increased security movements in Qamishli (or Qamislo). This also led to tensions between PYD and regime.
SALEH MUSLIM MEETS CONTINUOSLY WITH RUSSIAN PARTNERS
Khaled Issa: Saleh Muslim will deliver a speech in the Russian Duma.
News Center – Khaled Issa representative of PYD in France, which participated in the meeting with Mikhail Bogdanov, Deputy Russian Foreign Minister yesterday said Saleh Muslim joint head of the PYD will deliver a speech in the Russian Duma after tomorrow, and he said they would meet on 21 of this month with Chinese delegation at their request and another Russian in the Swiss.
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