MESOP : PYD / PKK KOLLABORIERTE MIT ASSAD
Unterstützung für Kurden im Kampf gegen IS – Fragwürdige Verbündete / Thomas Avenarius
10-10-2014 – Süddeutsche Zeitung – Kurden kämpfen in Kobanê gegen die Dschihadisten des IS. Macht sie das zu Verbündeten des Westens? Immerhin stehen viele Kurden im syrischen Bürgerkrieg hinter Diktator Assad. Das macht die Sache problematisch.
MESOP : SALIH MUSLIM : MY RECENT TALKS IN ANKARA – “THEY PROMISED US A SAFE CORRIDOR”
KT News: – 10-10-2014 – YPG/YPJ forces continue to tenaciously resist ISIS attacks within the city of Kobanê while, across the Turkish border, the authorities have responded to huge Kurd protests with bullets, gas, mass arrests and curfews. Salih Mulsim, co-chair of the PYD (Democratic Union Party) said yesterday that the Kobanê Kurds “fight with Kalashnikovs against tanks and missiles” and he accused Turkey of reneging on a promise to open a safe corridor to enable more support to be sent to these Kurd forces. In an interview with ANF, Muslim gave an account of his recent meeting with Turkish officials. “They told us that they don’t want Kobanê to fall”, he said.
Islamic State uses MANPADS to shoot down Iraqi helicopter near Baiji
9 Oct 2014 06:15 PM PDT
The Islamic State has released photographs purporting to show its fighters downing an Iraqi helicopter near Baiji with a man-portable air-defense system (MANPADS). The photos were disseminated on Twitter by Islamic State supporters after being posted elsewhere on the Internet. The terrorist organization has taken to releasing its propaganda via its supporters on Twitter as the majority of its official accounts are continuously being suspended by the social media site.
MESOP : IS-Terror Darum rettet Amerika Kobane nicht / Von Andreas Ross (FAZ)
10-10-2014 – Militärisch wäre der Fall von Kobane kein schwerer Schlag. Mit einem Sieg würden die Extremisten zwar an Prestige gewinnen. Aber es passt trotzdem nicht in die Strategie der Anti-IS-Koalition, die Stadt zu retten. „Wir müssen uns rüsten“, sagte der Sprecher des Pentagons, denn Kobane drohe den Dschihadisten in die Hände zu fallen. Die Worte von Konteradmiral John Kirby waren nicht etwa als Appell an die amerikanischen Streitkräfte zu verstehen, sich für eine große Schlacht zu stählen, um dem „Islamischen Staat“ (IS) die Eroberung der syrischen Kurdenstadt an der Grenze zur Türkei zu verwehren.
Vielmehr soll sich die Öffentlichkeit für Fernsehbilder wappnen, die eine Niederlage Amerikas und seiner arabisch-westlichen Koalition im Propagandakrieg gegen die Terrormiliz bedeuten. Und an die man sich wohl gewöhnen muss: „Es wird weitere Dörfer und Städte geben, die sie einnehmen“, sagte Kirby am Mittwoch. „Diese Realität müssen wir alle anerkennen.“
“What’s at Stake in Kobani: Islamic State and Kobani Calculations,” By Carl Drott (JOSHUA LANDIS BLOG)
By Carl Drott (freelance journalist, visited Kobani in August-September) – The situation currently looks grim for the People’s Protection Units (YPG) and others defending Kobani (Ayn al-Arab) from the Islamic State (IS). Still, it is conceivable that air strikes together with reinforcements and armaments could enable YPG to not only prevail, but go on the offensive again. While both IS and YPG would ideally want to see the other side utterly defeated, there are also more local goals. In the wider area around Kobani, the conflict dynamics and prospects for successful rule are also affected by the role of Arab civilians and anti-IS rebels.
Why Did IS Attack Kobani?
IS’ decision to attack Kobani in mid-September appears rational in the light of its somewhat crippled capabilities in Iraq and recent defeats against YPG in the Jazira area. Not only was Kobani the low hanging fruit, but it could be plucked quickly. IS understood that time was short before the coalition air campaign was extended into Syria.
MESOP : HOW MUCH IS IN ASSAD’S POCKETS ?
Regime approves 2015 General budget as the highest in Syria’s history
Reporting by Eyad Al Ja’afari; Writing by Yusra Ahmed – 9-10-2014 – (Zaman Al Wasl-Eqtsad)- The Syrian Regime’s Government approved on Tuesday the draft budget of 2015 with S.P 1554 Billion, as well it discussed the budget’s plans for next year.This budget is considered the highest in Syria’s history if it only was taken in Syria pounds, however turning it into US Dollar, it showed that it is less than a half of 2011’s budget, and a Billion Syrian pound less than last year’s budget.
MESOP Syria Analysis: “Unless the US Meets Turkey’s Concerns, Kobane Will Fall”
By Scott Lucas October 9, 2014 – eaworldview – Amid growing signs that the US is preparing for the fall of the Kurdish center of Kobane in northern Syria — and preparing to blame Turkey for the Islamic State’s takeover — I was one of the analysts speaking on Wednesday to the Voice of Russia about the situation.We differed in our perspectives, with the British-based Turkish analyst Tunc Aybak focusing on Ankara’s “deliberate strategic negligence”, Turkish analyst Bunyamin Esen noting Ankara’s “legitimate issues”, and my comment about the debate beyond the Islamic State and Kobane:
MESOP FACING KOBANE – CLICK FÜR FULL SOLIDARITY STATEMENT OF 250 SCHOLARS
Scholars join worldwide calls for action on stricken town
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – More than 250 international Kurdish studies scholars have issued a call for action to support the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobane, which has been under siege by Islamic State fighters for more than three weeks. – They added their voices to a crescendo of demands worldwide for international action to relieve the beleaguered border town.
MESOP FACING KOBANE TODAY : IS seizes one third of Kobani: monitor
9-10-2014 – Kurdpress – Islamic State fighters have seized more than a third of the Syrian border town of Kobani, a monitoring group said on Thursday. They moved into two districts on Wednesday in a three-week battle that Kurdish defenders say will end in a massacre and give the militants a garrison on the Turkish border if they win, Reuters reported.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors the country’s civil war, said clashes continued into Thursday morning as the forces of Islamic State pushed forward.”IS control more than a third of Kobani. All eastern areas, a small part of the northeast and an area in the southeast,” the Observatory’s head, Rami Abdulrahman, said by telephone.
MESOP : Barzani Asks Turkey to Let Peshmerga Through to Kobani
9-10-2014 – Dana Mikael – BasNews, Erbil – Iraqi Kurdistan President Massuad Barzani has officially requested access to Kobani via Turkey from the Turkish government. He wants Peshmerga forces to help defend the beseiged Syrian Kurdish city from Islamic State (IS) advances, an anonymous source close to the president has told BasNews.BasNews has learned that Barzani asked Turkish officials to let Peshmerga through so they can join the undermanned Kurdish forces in Syria, known as the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), which have been fighting the IS insurgents in Kobani over the last month. weiterlesen / click to continue
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