MESOP : A TRAGEDY ! KOBANE NOW IN ISIS HANDS (PYD ADMINISTRATION HAS LEFT KOBANE BEFORE)
Islamic State enters Kobane – October 7, 2014 ARA News Kobane, Syria – Wounded fighters from the Kurdish forces of the Popular Protection Units (YPG) in the city of Kobane, northern Syria, confirmed that the YPG withdrew from most of the city’s neighbourhoods on Monday’s evening.
The Islamic State group (IS/ISIS), an al-Qaeda offshoot, carried out two car bomb attacks on Monday afternoon in the eastern neighbourhoods of Kobane, followed by IS militants’ advancement towards the city center, where violent clashes took place between them and the Kurdish defending forces. The Kurdish forces withdrew from most of the city’s neighborhoods, a YPG military source told ARA News.
MESOP OPINION : Russia’s role in the fight against IS / By Paul Saunders
AL MONITOR 7-10-2014 – As the United States and its various partners in the Middle East continue airstrikes against the Islamic State (IS), and combine attacks on IS targets inside Syria with intensified efforts to assist the more moderate forces attempting to oust Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his government, Washington should not forget Russia’s complex role in the fighting.
MESOP : ANALYSIS OF NEAR EAST POLICY FROM THE SCHOLARS & ASSOCIATES OF THE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE
TOUGH DILEMMA IN SOUTHERN SYRIA
PolicyWatch 2323 – October 6, 2014 – By Ehud Yaari – Coordinated Israeli, Jordanian, and allied assistance in the south could boost the moderate Syrian rebels there, stave off an extremist takeover, and facilitate the ongoing international campaign against ISIS.In recent weeks, a new situation has emerged in southern Syria, one that could present dangers to Israel but also significant opportunities to help shape the area’s future.
MESOP Analysis: The fall of Kobane and its consequences /By David Barchard (MIDDLE EAST EYE)
Despite pledging to stop an IS advance at Kobane, Turkey has done nothing. The city’s fall on Monday will cause extensive strategic and political fall out, writes David Barchard.Tuesday 7 October 2014 7:30 BST – Desperate sieges in which heroic defenders are slaughtered to the last man and woman, but whose story then fires the imagination and militancy of later generations, are part of many national histories: the Alamo in Texas in 1838; the explosion at Arkadi Monastery in Crete in 1866; the Easter Rising in Dublin in 1916.
MESOP LATEST : Current Situation in Kobanê! | 00:00 am / COALITION BOMBS ISIS SUCCESSFUL
Kazim Kizil – Clashes have become heavier at night. Warplanes of coalition powers have made air bombardment to ISIS side (3 or 4 times after 00.00). However how effective these bombardments are and how much it was made to the direct position are unknown, after the bombardment the sounds of clashes have stopped. At 1:45 a.m. when I wrote this message, flights have been proceeding…
Additionally, ISIS members that had entered the suburbs of Kobanê from the eastern front had to retreat because they fell into the trap that had been set by YPG (People’s Protection Units) fighters. This is one of the good news about today.
It is true that there have been a mobility towards the border, however, there is not a mass movement. Also the information that Turkish soldiers have left the border is DEFINITELY and CERTAINLY WRONG!
Near Etmanek on the border line, soldiers are patrolling constantly. There are also Turkish Armed Forces (TAF/ TSK) tanks at the hills across the Mürşitpınar border gate. Likewise, at a distance of almost 500 meters to Mürşitpınar gate, soldiers have been waiting with their armoured and water cannon vehicles…
Translator: Fairouz
MESOP : In this question he is exceptionally quite correct – US not going to finish with Assad – In contrary they start with him a new in an Iranian Middle East context
Boots on the ground in Syria ‘if the US strategy includes going after Assad,’ says Turkish PM
ISTANBUL – Hurriyet – 6-10-2014 – Ground troops can be used in the operation targeting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) as part of a comprehensive strategy also targeting the Bashar al-Assad regime, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has reportedly said.
MESOP FACING KOBANE : THE GERMAN KURDISH CHAPTER – In den Nachthimmel starren, auf die Flugzeuge warten
von Thomas von der Osten-Sacken – Die ersten schwarzen Fahnen der ISIS sind am Ortseingang der seit Wochen umzingelten kurdischen Stadt Kobane gehisst worden, die meisten Zivilisten über die Grenze evakuiert, es scheint dem IS gelingt es in diesen Stunden ins Stadtzentrum vorzudringen.
Harald Doorbos, ein holländischer Journalist, verfolgt die Entwicklung von der Grenze. Ein Tweet von ihm, der vieles über die Lage aussagt:
Kurds here close to border staring at night sky, hoping very much for airstrikes. But seems too little too late, ISIS already inside Kobane.
MESOP : Thousands of civilian in Kobane are under threat of massacre!! / KNK BRUSSELS
Now it is time to act and avoid a big massacre about to happen in Kobane!
The terrorist organization IS are unfortunately advancing in to the city of Kobane in Western Kurdistan (Northern Syria). They have already entered some districts of the city.The Kurdish defence forces, YPG are heroically defending the city and civilians against the IS attacks, with very limited weapons and no technical support against IS advanced weapons. The weapons they have are not effective against the heavy weapons that IS has confiscated from Iraq’s regular army.Thousands of civilians in Kobane are under the imminent threat of massacre. Thousands of civilian on the Turkish border are also under the threat of systematically attacks by IS.
MESOP : SYRIAN OPPOSITION DIVIDED ON INTERNATIONAL ANTI TERROR COALITION / MEMRI 1122
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Introduction U.S. President Obama’s decision to establish an international coalition to combat terrorist organizations, particularly the Islamic State (ISIS), met with mixed responses within the Syrian opposition; these responses ranged from qualified appreciation for the decision to strong objection to it. The National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces (NC), led by Hadi Al-Bahra, welcomed the decision, and even called for hastening its implementation, in light of the dire humanitarian situation in ISIS-controlled areas. However, the NC stressed that the international coalition must also attack the forces of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, stating that he is the root cause of the terrorism. In contrast, another NC member, the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood (MB), which, although it is part of this coalition, strongly opposed Western military action against ISIS in Syria, fearing that this international coalition’s real agenda was to fight Sunni Islam. |
MESOP : FACING KOBANE – THE ACTUAL HOURS (6-10-2014)
#YPG Spksmn @polatcano : 1000s of civilians r inside #Kobane 1000s others in no-man zne on bordr face massacre unlss US dont strike #Kobani”
https://twitter.com/mutludc/status/519163806057254912
“Kobani_Now #ISIS entered Kobani from eastern and western fronts. ppl shouting loudly in city in fears & anger. The lost trust @UN & US Coa.”
https://twitter.com/UKSSD2012/status/519166436590510081
Mutlu Çiviroglu on Twitter: “#YPG Spksmn @polatcano : 1000s of civilians r inside #Kobane 1000s…
#YPG Spksmn @polatcano : 1000s of civilians r inside #Kobane 1000s others in no-man zne on bordr face massacre unlss US dont strike
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