MESOP : DEMIRTAS (HDP) VISITED KOBANE
Daily Star Lebanon 30-9-2014 – MURSITPINAR, Turkey: One of the leaders of a Turkish pro-Kurdish party on Tuesday crossed the border to visit the Syrian town of Ain al-Arab which has been besieged by ISIS militants, calling for urgent action by Turkey against the jihadists.Selahattin Demirtas, a co-leader of the People’s Democratic Party (HDP) who came in third against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in August presidential elections, also met a senior Syrian Kurd leader in the town, known as Kobani to the Kurds.
MESOP ANALYSIS: Cease Fire Agreements in Syria & their Effectiveness
Executive Summary – Omran Center for Strategic Studies and the Syrian Center for Statistics and Research conducted a survey of close to 1000 respondents inside Syria (Damascus, Damascus Suburbs and Homs) on public opinion towards Cease-Fire Agreements (CFAs) with the regime of Bashar Assad during the summer of 2014. Results of the Survey indicate the following: While 69% of respondents show general support of CFAs, only 5% say that CFAs insure justice, freedom and dignity for people.
MESOP : U.S. LED FORCES & PYD(PKK) CLOSE COMRADES IN ARMS
The U.S.-led coalition and Kurdish forces have continued a battle over the Syrian town of Kobani, near the border with Turkey, though have not appeared yet to stave off an advance by Islamic State militants. On Tuesday, Kurdish forces launched offensives on three fronts against Islamic State positions in northern Iraq. After reports that a U.S.-led strike in Syria hit mills and grain storage areas in northern Syria killing civilian workers, the U.S. military said an airstrike targeted Islamic State vehicles close to a grain storage facility near the town of Manbij, though it had no evidence yet of civilian deaths. U.S. Air Force Major General Jeffrey Harrigian said that U.S. airstrikes are forcing Islamic State militants to change tactics, abandoning large formations and “dispersing themselves.” A commander from the Free Syrian Army has said U.S.-led strikes in Syria could pose a problem for “moderate” opposition forces in their conflict against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. Rebel fighters have said that suspicion of U.S. motives and casualties caused by U.S.-led strikes are endangering public support for the Western-backed opposition.
MESOP : THE NEW YORK TIMES / OPINION – A Litmus Test for Kurdistan / ISIS Tests Kurds’ Bid for Independence
By JENNA KRAJESKI and SEBASTIAN MEYERSEPT. 30, 2014 – ERBIL, Iraq — When Iraqi Kurds say that Kirkuk is their Jerusalem, they are referring both to the city’s cultural significance and to the trouble it causes. Kurds invoke a special attachment to the oil-rich city, citing historical ties and decades of bloodshed under Saddam Hussein in their fight to secure independence for the entire region of Kurdistan. They insist that Kirkuk — which both they and the national government in Baghdad claim, and whose very size is contested, with estimates ranging from under one million to 1.6 million — should be part of any autonomous Kurdish state. This demand unnerves other ethnic groups in Kirkuk: While Kurdistan is mostly Kurdish, Kirkuk is also home to large populations of Turkmen and Arabs, among others.
MESOP LATEST : Kurds Retake Key Syrian Border Town
MESOP FACING KOBANE : “REVOLUTIONARY ROJAVA” UNDER ERDOGAN’S DIRECTION!?
Turkey deploys tanks to border with Syrian Kurdistan as IS closes on Kurdish city
MCcLATCHY – 30-9-2014 – Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) have deployed 40 tanks at zero point on the border between Kobani and Suruç where attacks of ISIS militants have recently intensified. It grabs attention that the barrels of the tanks, which have been deployed on a hill right next to the Kobani town, have been turned towards the Kurdish town held by the YPG (People’s Protection Units), ANF reported.
MESOP : WILLKOMMEN ! PESHMERGA ! Pêşmerga Einheit & Soldaten der irakischen “goldenen” Armee in Shingal eingetroffen
EZIDI PRESS 29-9-2014 – Shingal (Irak) – Einheiten der Pêşmerga und Soldaten der irakischen “goldenen” Streitkräfte sind vor wenigen Minuten an der nördlichen Grenze Shingals in Rabia eingetroffen. Aufgrund der seit Tagen anhaltenden Offensive auf die Versorgungsroute durch Terroristen des Islamischen Staates (IS) waren die êzîdîschen Kämpfer von Verstärkung und Nachschub ausgeschlossen. Dies berichtet ein êzîdîPress Informant und Angehöriger des Kommandanten der Verteidigungseinheit in Dugure Qasim Pîr Avdo.
MESOP FACING KOBANE : AKTUELLE SITUATION & HISTORIE
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MESOP : FACING KOBANE
“ERDOGANS KALKÜL” WÄRE VERHINDERT WORDEN, HÄTTEN SICH PKK/PYD VON BEGINN AN MIT DER FSA VERBÜNDET: ISIS WÄRE NICHT IM LAND, ASSAD WÄRE GESTÜRZT – UND VON EINEM HUMANITÄR BEDINGTEN EINGREIFEN DER TÜRKEI KEINE REDE. NUN HAT MAN ALLE GEGEN SICH UND VERSUCHT ERST HEUTE, TAKTISCH-OPPORTUNISTISCH MIT EINEM BLICK AUF DIE USA TEILBÜNDNISSE MIT DER FAS ZU SCHLIESSEN.
DIE KATASTROPHE VON KOBANE IST ERGEBNIS EINER VERHEERENDEN SEKTIERERISCHEN POLITIK
Erdogans Kalkül / Markus Bickel
29-9-2014 – FAZ – Dank der Kämpfe um die syrische Stadt Kobane könnte ein Kalkül des türkischen Präsidenten Erdogan aufgehen. Er will ein humanitäres Eingreifen der Türkei möglicherweise zur Schaffung einer Pufferzone nutzen.
MESOP ALARM : Simultaneous Attacks On Kobanê From ISIS & Turkish State
(ANF) THE ROJAVA REPORT – 29-9-2014 – Two people were killed today when ISIS launched a rocket attack on Kobanê. At the same time Turkish soldiers attacked the protest camp across the border in Suruç.
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