Statement : Syrian Coalition – Assad Proves He’s a War Criminal by His Latest Admission
The Syrian Coalition state that Bashar al-Assad’s statements that he has “allies and fighters working for him inside the opposition forces” are a confession that the international organizations must take into account, as it clearly shows his responsibility for “human rights violations” in the liberated areas” and others.
U. S. & Western States Hold First Talks With Syria’s Islamist Rebels
By Ari Soffer – 6-12-2013 – Western states have held their first “face-to-face” discussions with Syria’s main Islamist rebel groups, according numerous media reports.
Position Paper – Geneva II Battle: Opposing Agendas
This paper was originally written in Arabic by: Al Jazeera Center for Studies / Translated into English by: The Afro-Middle East Centre (AMEC)
Abstract: As soon as the United Nations Secretary General announced the date for Geneva II, the two primary parties to the conflict – the Assad regime and the opposition – began to weigh profits and losses of participating as well as the respective goals they hope to achieve from the conference. While both sides seem to be aware of the importance of the balance of power on the ground as well as the ability to bring facts to the negotiating table, they are also behaving as if the conference is an extension to the conflict rather than a means to its end.
USA / OBAMA : Gespräche mit radikalen Islamisten /Bericht: Westliche Vertreter trafen Kämpfer gegen Assad
arm WASHINGTON, 5. Dezember. Hohe Vertreter der amerikanischen Regierung und anderer westlicher Staaten sind in direkte Gespräche mit den Anführern von radikalen Islamistengruppen eingetreten, die gegen das Regime des syrischen Staatspräsidenten Baschar al Assad kämpfen.
TODAY’S MESOP QUOTATION : ISIS NEWSPAPER
Propaganda & reality: In an interview the high-profile Georgian ISIS commander and military emir Omar al-Shishani, who claims to have come to Syria after being released from Georgian prison, admided: “However, the first thing I saw [in Syria] were the demonstrations, and people’s slogans were non-Islamic, such as for freedom and democracy.”
Weekly ISIS newspaper hits stands
December 05, 2013 – By Lauren Williams – The Daily Star – BEIRUT: The Al-Qaeda linked Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) released the first edition of its weekly newspaper in Syria late last month, defending tactics and promoting military victories amid increasing criticism of its brutal and sectarian practices. The first edition of Sana al-Sham features interviews with ISIS commanders, details of military triumphs, and Quranic verses and religious instruction.
BAD BROTHERS OR GOOD BROTHERS = JUST BROTHERS! / RYAN C. CROCKER
“We need to start talking to the Assad regime again” about counterterrorism and other issues of shared concern, said Ryan C. Crocker, a veteran US-diplomat who has served in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. “It will have to be done very, very quietly. But bad as Assad is, he is not as bad as the jihadis who would take over in his absence.”
OBAMA ? ALREADY NEGOTIATING WITH SYRIAN ISLAMISTS ?
Front & back: Whatever the Islamic Front is, it may already be hobbled by the United States
Nowmmedia.me – 5.12.2013 – Two competing analyses of the Islamic Front, a newly formed consortium of seven powerful Syrian rebel groups, have been published in the last week, both attempting to the address the crucial question of the Front’s raison d’etre. Is this new umbrella organization, drawing as many as 60,000 fighters under its command, designed to unify notoriously disparate rebel ranks and isolate the growing threat of al-Qaeda in Syria, or is it simply the latest iteration in a series of dubious, Saudi-hatched projects to form a hierarchical revolutionary army to fight the regime alongside al-Qaeda?
The Work of Fabrice Balanche on Alawites & Syrian Communitarianism reviewed by Nikolaos van Dam
IMPRESSIVE SYRIA STUDIES BY FABRICE BALANCHE
Reviewed by Nikolaos van DamFabrice Balanche is a well-known French scholar who wrote a lot about Syria, mostly in French. His best-known books are La région alaouite et le pouvoir syrien [The Alawi Region and Power in Syria] (Paris 2006) and Atlas du Proche-Orient Arabe [Atlas of the Arab Near East] (Paris 2012), which is to be published also in Arabic and English. Balanche is presently the Director of the Research and Study Group dealing with the Meditteranean and Middle East at the University of Lyon 2.
SYRIA UNTOLD – BETRAYED BY WESTERN DEMOCRATS – THE SPIRIT OF SYRIAN DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION
The Scarecrow Demonstration of Darayya
04 December 2013 – Darayya is a town renowned for its contribution to civil resistance since the beginning of the Syrian revolution. The city of Ghiath Matar and Yehia Sharbaji, known for handing flowers and bottles of waters to soldiers of the regime, was the birthplace of many of the uprising’s most innovative resistance tactics. In July 2012, the town went a step ahead with the first demonstration of scarecrows.
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