MESOP FACING KOBANE : US warns air power cannot save Syrian Kurdish town from Islamic State
October 9, 2014 – AFP – WASHINGTON,— U.S. President Barack Obama conferred with commanders Wednesday on the “difficult” fight against Islamic State jihadists as the US military warned air power alone could not prevent the group from seizing a key Syrian border Kurdish town. After a meeting with top brass at the Pentagon, Obama said there would be no easy victory against the IS group but said a growing international coalition was resolved to confront the Sunni extremists rampaging in Iraq and Syria. “Our strikes continue, alongside our partners. It remains a difficult mission,” Obama, flanked by the country’s most senior military officers, told reporters. “As I’ve indicated from the start, this is not something that is going to be solved overnight.”
MESOP : PYD SENDS THANKS & COMPLIMENTS TO “US IMPERIALISM” (REDUR XELIL)
US aircraft keep up strikes on IS militants near Syrian Kurdistan’s Kobani
October 8, 2014 – AFP – WASHINGTON,— US and coalition aircraft kept up bombing raids on Islamic State jihadists near Kobani in Syrian Kurdistan on Wednesday, carrying out six attacks to help Kurdish fighters defending the Syrian border town, the US military said.
MESOP : BUILDING A BETTER SYRIAN OPPOSITION : HOW & WHY / BY KENNETH M. POLLACK
SABAN / BROOKINGS – 8-10-2014 – What a difference a year makes. In the fall of 2013, Syria dominated the headlines, in part from fear that its spillover would destabilize its neighbors, Iraq first among them. Sadly, those fears proved prophetic. Sparks from Syria, in the form of the Salafi terrorist group calling itself the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), helped reignite the Iraqi civil war. And the implosion of Iraq has pulled the Syrian conflict which triggered it back into the spotlight of America’s foreign policy debate.Yet throughout that year, the notion of increased American involvement, and in particular, ramped up assistance to the Syrian opposition was effectively off the table. The Administration and most of its critics regularly scoffed at the idea. Now, thanks to the crisis in Iraq and the belated recognition that spillover from Syria is an important element of the problems there, what was once ridiculed is now policy.
MESOP : SCHLACHT UM KOBANE / “US IMPERIALISMUS” RETTET „REVOLUTIONÄRE CANTONE“ DER KURDEN
Kurden jubeln über Luftschläge gegen ISIS
8-10-2014 AP – Wackelige Video-Aufnahmen zeigen Menschen, die über ein Feld laufen, im Hintergrund: die umkämpfte Stadt Kobane (arabisch: Ain al-Arab), die die Kurden mit allen Kräften gegen die ISIS-Miliz verteidigen. Dann ist eine laute Explosion zu hören, Applaus und laute Jubel-Pfiffe begleiten die Bilder, die dann zu sehen sind: eine riesige weiße Rauchwolke steigt über einem Stadtteil Kobanes auf.Die Aufnahmen zeigen der Nachrichtenagentur „AP“ zufolge das Ergebnis eines Luftangriffs vom Mittwoch. Er ist Teil einer Offensive auf die Kurdenstadt im Norden Syriens, die die US-geführte Allianz verstärkt hat. Bei den Attacken wurden laut Aktivisten 45 ISIS-Kämpfer getötet und fünf ihrer Fahrzeuge zerstört.
US-backed Hazm Movement, Muhajireen Army working together in Aleppo
8 Oct 2014 08:56 AM PDT -The U.S.-backed Harakat Hazm, or Hazm Movement, has joined several groups, including Jaish al Muhajireen wal Ansar, a Chechen-led jihadist group, and the Islamist Jaish Mujahideen (Army of Mujahideen) in fighting the Assad regime in the Handarat District of Aleppo. In the video posted above, one can clearly see Hazm fighters use a US-supplied BGM-71 TOW anti-tank missile to destroy a regime tank. Hazm has also posted a video on its YouTube account showing the destruction of a regime BMP in Handarat.
MESOP FACING KOBANE IN LATEST HOURS : Street-to-street war begins in Kobani, 12 YPG forces killed
Some 12 member of pro-Kurdish People Defense Units (YPG) were killed in clashes with the militants of the Islamic State (IS) as street-to-street war begins in the Syrian northern city.A journalist from the city Zara Mustu told Kurdpress yesterday that the IS jihadists have seized control of the strategic mountain of Mustinur and are advancing on eastern and southern parts of the city, but noted more than 50 members of the radical group have been killed in clashes with Kurdish forces.
MESOP FACING KOBANE THIS MORNING : Kobane in turmoil
ARA News – 8 – 10 – 2014 – Kobane, Syria – At least 300 Kurdish fighters of the Popular Protection Units (YPG) were moved to hospitals in the Turkish city of Suruc after being injured during clashes with extremists of the Islamic State (IS/ISIS) in the northern Syrian city of Kobane.
MESOP : “US IMPERIALISM” KEEPS KOBANE FROM FALLING – REMEMBER THAT !
Intensified U.S. airstrikes keep Kobane from falling to Islamic State militants
By Liz Sly and Brian Murphy October 8 at 4:47 PM – ANTAKYA, Turkey — The U.S.-led coalition stepped up airstrikes around the Syrian border town of Kobane on Tuesday after Turkey appealed for help, enabling Kurdish fighters to reverse the advance of Islamic State militants for the first time since the extremists launched their assault about three weeks ago.The strikes followed the request by Turkey for intensified U.S. efforts to prevent the predominantly Kurdish town, known as Ayn al-Arab in Arabic, from falling to the Islamic State, Turkish officials said.
MESOP : GERMAN „EXPERTS“ ALWAYS A BIT LATE – BUT FINALLY COMING TO A CONCLUSION
Turkey’s priorities are very different to US, EU: Günter Seufert (SWP)
October 8, 2014 – DEUTSCHE WELLE BERLIN – “Islamic State” militants have besieged the Syrian border city of Kobani. Günter Seufert, an expert on Turkish affairs, spoke with DW about Kobani’s significance, particularly for the Kurds.
DW: What sort of strategic significance does the city of Kobani have?
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