MESOP FACING KOBANE : RED LIGHT TO UNITY ? – PESHMERGA NEEDING GREEN LIGHT; YPG NEVER ! – NO APPROVAL BY PYD/PKK TO STOP GENOCIDAL ACT IN KOBANE
“We are ready to go and defend Rojava if the PYD accepts,” said Waisi. “We cannot go there without their approval.”
Peshmerga Need PYD Greenlight to Join Kobane Defense
By RUDAW – 21-9-2014 – “Sending Peshmerga forces to Rojava (Syrian Kurdistan) to defend Kobane needs a political agreement between the Kurdistan Region and the authorities of those areas of Kurdistan,” Aziz Waisi, the commander of the Zeravani Special Forces told Rudaw. The commander of Kurdistan Region’s special Zervani forces said that the Peshmerga are ready to join the fight in Kobane, but that the move needs the agreement of all parties.
MESOP : FACING KOBANE – Iraqi Kurdish IS Leader Killed in Kobani
21.09.2014 – Karim Simko – BasNews, Soran – An Iraqi Kurdish man who was fighting along side Islamic State (IS) militants in the Kurdish city of Kobani in northern Syria, has been killed by Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG). Halkawt Rafat, spokesman for the Soran Assayish (internal security forces) told BasNews that the IS leader was from the Choman region near the town of Soran northeast of Erbil. He was killed on Friday night in a fight near Kobani.
MESOP : NOTED THIS ACT OF SOLIDARITY OF SNC – KURDS! – Syrian opposition to cooperate with Kurds against ISIS
September 21, 2014 – ARA News – Qamishli, Syria – Syrian and Iraqi Kurdish forces demanded the international community to protect the city of Kobane in northern Syria, against attacks launched by the Islamic State (IS/ISIS), an al-Qaeda offshoot, following its (IS) control of dozens of Kurdish villages in the countryside of the city over the last two days.Activists reported to ARA News the preparation of the Kurdish forces of Peshmerga in Iraqi Kurdistan alongside with guerillas of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to enter the Kurdish-majority areas in Syria, to respond to IS attacks. Speaking to ARA News, Mohammed Mulla Rashid, Kurdish member of the Syrian National Coalition (SNC), said that what is happening in Kobane is an attempt to carry out a genocide against the Kurdish civilians.
MESOP FACING KOBANE : KOBANI CLOSED IN – 60 000 Kurds on the run
KOBANI, Syrian Kurdistan, AFP / MESOP – 21-9-2014 -Islamic State jihadists were closing in on Syrian Kurdistan’s third largest Kurdish town Sunday after their capture of surrounding villages sent tens of thousands of refugees streaming into Turkey, a monitoring group said. IS fighters were within just 10 kilometres (six miles) of the strategic border Kurdish town of Kobani [Ain al-Arab in Arabic], the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The Kurdish militia who have been battling to defend the town have lost 27 fighters since the jihadists launched their offensive last Tuesday, the Observatory said.
MESOP FACING KOBANE : PKK/PYD STATEMENTS UPSIDE-DOWN
PYD WANTS TO BE PART OF THE U.S. LEAD COALITION AGAINST ISIS / WHILE CEMIL BAYIK (PKK) CONDEMNS U.S. FOR HAVING CREATED THE ISIS CONSPIRACY
MORE QUOTATIONS BY CHAIRMAN SALIH MUSLIM (PYD)
Asked Salih Muslim, Syrian Kurdish leader, if he supports us airstrikes in Syria. He said PYD want to be part of coalition against IS. – Salih Muslim: PYD want to be part of coalition against IS. Via @vvanwilgenburg
MESOP FACING KOBANE : Kobane under ISIS attacks
ARA NEWS – September 20, 2014 – Kobane, Syria – The IS took control of the village of Qara Moog, Bobby Hill and Ghareeb village (20 km east of Kobane), amid the exodus of villagers to the center of the eastern city while thousands of civilians gathered at the Turkish border awaiting to allow them to cross into the Turkish territory. At least thirteen thousand civilians were displaced from Kobane in the last two days, as the majority of them could cross the borders in Turkey on Friday evening.
MESOP FACING KOBANI – QUOTATIONS BY CHAIRMAN SALIH MUSLIM (PYD)
“NOT THE TURKISH LEADERSHIP” : Saleh Muslim, co-head of the Democratic Union Party (PYD) –political leadership of the YPG– commented on reports about the alleged support received by IS from the Turkish side, saying “this can happen, of course, by some parties in Turkey, but not by the Turkish political leadership.” http://aranews.net/2014/09/kobane-isis-attacks/
KRG Peshmerga Ready to Support Syrian, Kurds Will Head to Kobani
MESOP : FIRST MOMENTS OF KURDISH INDEPENDENCE ? KRG PESHMERGA HEAD FOR SYRIA AGAINST INTERNATIONAL LAW – BUT ON KURDISH GROUND ?
20.09.2014 – Hawar Abdulrazaq – BasNews, Erbil – Kurdish Peshmerga forces have announced that they are ready to help their brethren across Syria, who have faced fierce attacks from Islamic State (IS) militants in recent days.In a statement, the Kurdistan Regional Government Peshmerga Ministry has said that they are willing to help their fellow Kurds in Kobani.
Syrian Kurds blame Iran, Turkey for ISIS attacks / WLADIMIR VAN WILGENBURG
20-9-2014 – al monitor – QAMISHLI, Syria — Redur Xelil, spokesman for the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), spoke to Al-Monitor about the intensified clashes between the al-Qaeda splinter group, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) and the Kurds in northern Syria. For the first time, the YPG openly called on Kurds from outside of Syria to join the movement.
MESOP FACING KOBANI : WHO’S CLEANING WHOM ? – SALIH MUSLIM BLAMES IRAN
“There is a historical truth that they are Kurdish areas, especially those that are close to the Turkish border from Afrin to Derik. But as a result of the Baath regime, these lands were taken from the Kurds and the population of Arabs increased,” Xelil said. – If the YPG tries to take these areas, there might be accusations that the YPG is occupying areas inhabited by Arabs and Turkmens. Redur Xelil YPG Official
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