TODAY’S MESOP SHORT CUTS EST KURDISTAN
9-12-2013 – Kurdpress – The two-day meeting of the Syrian Kurdish Patriotic Council was ended today in Kurdish city of Qamishlo.
Speaking to Kurdpress, a leader of the council, Faisal Yusuf, said the Kurdish body will send a letter to Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barzani and will aware him of the disputes between the council and the Syria pro-Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD). He further added the next gathering of the council will decide on annulling Erbil Agreement between Syria Kurdish parties, a decision that will bring an end to the biggest Kurdish body in the war-torn country.
ISIS targets Syrian Kurds
9-12-2013 – Syrian Observatory for Human Rights ISIS continues attacks on Syrian Kurds Aleppo province: Confirmed reports that the ISIS have forcefully taken over the homes of Syrian Kurdish civilians by the Ba’idin roundabout in Aleppo city and have turned them into ISIS bases. A member of the peace and reconciliation committee in Raqqah city was tortured to death after several days of being detained by the ISIS, he was originally from the Kobani area. The ISIS also kidnapped 11 Syrian Kurdish civilians from Jarables city, the kidnapped include 2 women. On the 2nd 3rd and 4th of December the ISIS kidnapped 51 Syrian Kurdish civilians from Manbej city, including 2 children and 8 women; they have only released 5 of the captives so far. The group is also imposing a siege on the city of Efrin and its surrounding villages, an area mostly inhabited by Kurds and is controlled by the YPG. https://www.facebook.com/syriaohr/posts/459578800817130 – Postedby Wladimir van Wilgenburg
KNC-Members Arrested in Turkey?
Turkey arrested four leaders of the KNC in Nusaybin reports/claims/alleges Welati. They were in KNC-meeting before, and were going to Kobani through Turkey (since Tel Ebyad is under Al Qaida control).
QUITE NEW ! IMPERIALIST – ANTIIMPERIALIST UNITED FRONT !
The New York Times on Dec. 3 quoted former US diplomat Ryan Crocker as saying that in matters of counterterrorism and other issues, “We need to start talking to the Assad regime again.” Crocker added, “It will have to be done very, very quietly. But bad as [President Bashar al-] Assad is, he is not as bad as the jihadis who would take over in his absence.”
KURDISH DISUNITY & THE FUTURE OR NON-FUTURE OF KURDISH NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Abbas Vali: A Power Struggle among Kurds, Cooperation between Erdoğan & Barzani Delaying Kurdish National Conference
8.1.20213 – In an article in yesterday’s Radikal Ezgi Başaran spoke with Abbas Vali, the distinguished Kurdish political scientist, about the future of the Kurdish National Conference, now postponed for a second time, and the state of Kurdish politics more generally. Among other things Abbas spoke about the current bargaining over Rojava, the relationship between Turkey and KRG, and the effect that Western intervention in Syria will have on the PYD. Below are some translated excerpts of what Abbas Vali had to say.
TODAY’S MESOP QUOTATION : ONGOING KURDISH DISUNITY
“What the Democratic Union Party (PYD) is doing with the Syrian regime in order to control & administrate the Kurdish areas in the north shows that it is ignoring other Kurdish parties in the convention, which is not good for the unity of Kurdish people in Syria. Actions like these will badly affect Kurdish power in the country, needless to say that these issues should be solved carefully,” added Sayda.
Abdulbasit Sayda: Geneva II conference is not a magic wand
BasNews (Turkey): 8.12.2013 – The former head of the Syrian National Council (SNC) believes that the United States, United Nations and Russia have equally struggled to find a solution to the Syrian conflict.
Exclusive interview with the senior Russian diplomat Bogdanov
5 December 2013 / World Bulletin – The Russian president Vladimir Putin’s special envoy to the Middle East, Mihail Bogdanov, expressed his views on the Syrian crisis, relations with Kurdish groups, and the Palestinian conflict. – http://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=124359
Russia & Syria Spotlight: Jihad For Export, Part II
EAworldview – 7-12-2013 – On Tuesday, EA posted a translation of the first part of a special report by Russian newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda (KP), who sent two reporters on what it dubbed the “Jihad trail”, following the paths of Russian-speaking jihadists seeking to fight in Syria.
Picture of Kurdish Jihadist killed in Kirkuk Published
“Jihadists” bloggers comment on the picture saying ” a Lion in Kirkuk from Halabja city , Shakar Fayeq Hama Ameen accepted by God today.”
“Shafaq News “couldn’t be sure from the accuracy of the information. According to unconfirmed information, Kirkuk events may stand carried out by Ansar al- Islam organization.
Other bloggers said that Kirkuk bombers are “an Egyptian, a Syrian, an Iraqi, a Kurdish and Jazrawi men, the security authorities did not announce any details immediately.
Extremists bloggers said that what happened in Kirkuk yesterday and gunmen holed up in ” Jawaher Mall ” is similar to what happened in Kenya a few days ago .
The file of Kurdish jihadists is considered as controversial in Kurdistan Region .
The Directorate of Sulaymaniyah Security ” Asaish ” announced recently that their information refers the enrollment of 63 young residents of Kurdistan Region to the ranks of al-Qaeda -linked groups to fight the forces of the Syrian regime .
Since the intensification of the civil war in Syria, reports talked about enrollment of young Kurdish people from Kurdistan Region in Nusrah Front and State of Iraq and al-Sham organization linked to al Qaeda to fight the Syrian government.
Last month, a family had conducted a funeral to their son in Khurmal sub-district of Halabja, who died in Syria during fighting in Nusrah front ranks associated with al-Qaeda.
Bringing the death toll of young Kurds from Kurdistan Region to eight, seven of them were from Halabja and another one from Kifri district, which reveals the size of the worsening sectarian polarization in the region .
These developments come after about a week of Kurdistan Regional Government’s decision to form a committee to address the involvement of its citizens in the Syrian war.
The Ministry of Endowment in Kurdistan region has ordered imams and preachers in the region, calling them to advise young people not to go to any place under the name of “jihad”.
http://www.shafaaq.com/en/politics/8120-image-of-kurdish-suicidal-from-halabja-published-.html
Sites associated with armed groups published on Thursday a picture of a Kurdish person from Halabja town in Sulaimaniyah one of those who carried out suicide bombings in Kirkuk yesterday.
Syria Kurds’ Patriotic Council to make critical decision
7-12-2013 – MESOP – The Patriotic Council of Syria Kurds is due to make fate- making decisions over diverse issues including Geneva II meeting and the autonomy of the Kurdish in the north of the country, Hawar news said in a report.
Car Bomb Targets Baath Regime in Kurdish city of Qamishli
BEIRUT – 6-12-2013 – A car bomb detonated Friday morning in the Kurdish-populated northern Syrian town of Qamishli.
The suicide bombing left at least 6 people dead and 10 others injured, Al-Mayadeen network reported. Meanwhile, Russia Today said that the car bomb hit near a base for the pro-Syrian regime National Defense Force militia.
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