ISIS militants kidnap more than one hundred Kurds
Human rights organizations in Syria have said that 120 Syrian Kurds have been abducted by the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS) close to the Turkish border. Six women were among them.
The organizations have revealed that ISIS has moved the victims to unknown locations. Reports emerged earlier this month of ISIS militants attacking Kurdish villages near the Turkish border, and 50 Kurds have allegedly been abducted in villages near Aleppo, with women and children among the victims. The Kurdish region of Syria has witnessed fierce fighting between extremist groups and the People’s Protection Units (YPG), the military wing of Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD).
Al Qaeda in Syria acquires sarin: Russia concerned for Sochi Olympics
DEBKAfile Special Report – 14-12-2013 – 08 Dec. Chechen ruler Ramzan Kadyrov announced Monday, Dec. 4, the formation of a special unit to deal with “Syrian radicals”- both within the North Caucasus republic and abroad. “Members… will be ready to interfere in the Syrian conflict if authorized by the Russian president.”
Rise of Islamists in Syria Upends U.S. Strategy / CHUCK HAGEL
(CNN) -14—12-2913 – – The seizure Friday by Islamists of warehouses of American aid for the moderate opposition in Syria – and the American decision to suspend further shipments – is less a loss of critical supplies than a huge wake-up call for the Obama administration that its policy to oust President Bashar al-Assad is falling apart at the seams. weiterlesen / click to continue
LINKING THE SYRIAN CONFLICT TO THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR AGREEMENT
By David Schenker – Weekly Standard – December 13, 2013 – Middle Easterners fear the White House will return to bad habits by dropping its demands on Syria in order to appease Iran.
MESOP’S BEHIND THE CURTAIN : Syria: US Shifts Position — Again — on Co-operation with Islamic Front
EAworldview – 13-12-2013 – In yet another shift of Washington’s position, a “senior U.S. official” has said that the Obama Administration will consider supporting an expanded Syrian insurgency that includes the recently-formed Islamic Front, provided the groups are not allied with Al Qa’eda and agree to back peace talks in Switzerland in January.
TODAY’S MESOP SYRIA SHORT CUTS
14-12-2013 – MESOP -Meanwhile, the United States has altered its account of events after saying that the Islamic Front’s seizure of a Free Syrian Army (FSA) headquarters in northern Syria forced FSA commander General Salim Idris to flee the country. The United States said on Thursday it obtained information that Idris was in Turkey throughout the takeover. Idris denies he abandoned his post and claims he is in northern Syria overseeing military operations.
FOR FUTURE : UNITED STATES WITH ASSAD AGAINST KURDS ?
US says Kurdish issue should not be discussed in Geneva
13.12.2013 – Kurdpress – US former Ambassador Robert Ford has told Syria Pro-Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) representative in Paris that the Kurdish issue should not be discussed in the upcoming Geneva II conference that is planned to find a solution to crisis in Syria.
MAY THE STRONGEST WIN ! OLD DARWINIST SLOGAN : Assad win may be Syria’s best option: Ex-CIA chief
WASHINGTON – Agence France-Presse – 13-12-2013 – The sectarian bloodbath in Syria is such a threat to regional security that a victory for Bashar al-Assad’s regime could the best outcome to hope for, a former CIA chief said Dec. 12.
Syrien: Entführte Menschenrechtlerin klagte den Westen an
FAZ – 13-12-2013 – Markus Bickel – Am Donnerstag forderte die Islamische Front außerdem – wie zuvor schon die Nationale Koalition — die sofortige Freilassung der, Menschenrechtsanwältin Razan Zaytouneh, die am Dienstag im Damaszener Vorort Duma gemeinsam mit drei anderen Oppositionellen entführt worden war.
PKK “We give full support to the forthcoming meeting in Irbil”
KCK-INFO – TO OUR PEOPLES AND THE PUBLIC OPINION
13-12-2013 – The heart of the Kurds in the four parts of Kurdistan beats in Rojava. Our people are getting an inspiring thrill out of Rojava revolution.
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