KRG Interior Ministry Statement on Salih Muslim / PYD
28-10-2013 – Following the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) decision to deny Salih Muslim’s entry into Iraqi Kurdistan, the Kurdish Interior Ministry issued a statement in order to clarify the government’s stance regarding the issue.
Syria Political Round-Up: Lavrov – “State Sponsors Of Opposition Working To Undermine Geneva-II”
Joanna Paraszczuk – EAworldvie – 19-10-2013 – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters Monday that state sponsors of the Syrian opposition were actively working to undermine the Geneva II peace conference. “It’s outrageous, it is unacceptable, it is on the conscience of those who pay for the opposition, all of the units (of the opposition) has its sponsor or patron, either in the region or beyond. Everyone knows this, including our American partners. They all say that the Geneva II process should start but they act to undermine Geneva II,” ITAR-TASS quoted Lavrov as saying.
“POLITISCH KORREKTE AUSLÄNDISCHE INTERVENTION” : Geheimer Flugverkehr zwischen Iran & Syrien
28.10.2013 – APA Austria – Die iranischen Revolutionsgarden organisieren angeblich jede Woche geheime Flüge nach Damaskus. Das meldete die Zeitung “The National” aus Abu Dhabi am Montag unter Berufung auf einen syrischen Verantwortlichen mit Zugang zu sensiblen Daten am Flughafen der syrischen Hauptstadt. Demnach sollen auf diesen Flügen, die in keinem Flugplan auftauchen, auch iranische Kämpfer transportiert worden sein.
The Road to Geneva 2 & the Challenges to a Negotiated Political Solution in Syria
INSS Insight No. 480, October 28, 2013 – Benedetta Berti
The Syrian conflict has long since descended into a protracted and bloody civil war, with the regime and the diverse groups that comprise the opposition locked in a painful stalemate, unable to tip the military balance of power in anyone’s favor. The Geneva 2 negotiations, reportedly scheduled to take place in late November 2013, should be seen in light of this reality, underscoring the importance of ending the conflict through a political deal
A PATCHWORK OF 4 ! – Syria Analysis: It is Now A 4-Way Fight
The military news in Syria over the weekend was led by two developments.
Scott Lucas – 28.10.2013 – EAworldview – After weeks of heavy fighting, insurgents captured Tafas, north of Daraa city, in the south of the country — possibly cutting off Daraa, the site of the initial uprising against the Assad regime, from regime reinforcements. That event was simple compared to the second headline: in the north, after 48 hours of confusion, the Kurdish militia YPG captured the Yaroubiyeh crossing on the Iraq border.
Opposition Links YPG to Iraqi Government?
Opposition-in-exile condemns YPG takeover of Yarabiya as a sinister PYD-Iraqi government conspiracy against the FSA, via Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi. Strange thing is that it calls ISIS/Al Qaeda groups/Jihad groups as FSA.
Press Statement – Syrian Coalition – Istanbul, Turkey – October 26, 2013
Bioterror – Expertin Dr. Jill Bellamy van Aalst : Nordkorea & Syrien züchten Pockenviren
Sonntag, 27.10.2013 – FOCUS – Ausgerechnet Nordkorea und Syrien sollen den Krieg mit biologischen Waffen vorbereiten: Laut einer internationalen Expertin gibt es Hinweise, dass beide Länder tödliche Pockenerreger besitzen. Die Fachwelt ist sich jedoch uneins über die Gefahr.
The Dangers of Syria’s Bio-Warfare Complex Should Assad Fall / An Interview with Dr. Jill Bellamy van Aalst
by Jerry Gordon with Dr. Jill Bellamy van Aalst (January 2013) – New English Review – The control of Syria’s unconventional chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction are of vital concern in a troubled Middle East should the Assad regime fall to Sunni supremacist opposition forces. An Algemeiner article on this threat had a comment by former Israeli Mossad director, Danny Yatom:
Syria Political Round-Up, Oct 26: A Devastated Economy
LATEST: Kerry Says Aid Must Get to Civilians…But Doesn’t Say How / SUMMARY: A report commissioned by United Nations agencies has claimed Syria’s economy is in a state of “spectacular collapse”.
The report said the country’s Gross Domestic Product contracted by 34.3% percent in the first quarter of 2013, and 39.6% in the second, compared to the same periods in 2012.
Syria Political Round-Up: Leading Insurgent Groups Reject Proposed Geneva Conference
Nineteen insurgent groups have rejected a proposed conference to discuss a political resolution to Syria’s conflict.
The groups said after a Saturday meeting:
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