MESOP REPORTS : YPG Releases Statement At Conclusion Of Til Hemis Operation
17-9-2014 – (ANF) The YPG Press Center has released a statement following the conclusion of its operation in Til Hemis. As a result of the operation ISIS was driven from 19 villages and 7 hamlets in the area, and 53 ISIS fighters – including two commanders – were killed. 4 YPG fighters also lost their lives in the fighting.
75% of Assyrians Return to Their Town in North Iraq
75% of Assyrians Return to Their Town in North Iraq – By Revan Hakim – AINA – 2014-09-16 22:31 GMT
Alqosh, Iraq (AINA) — More than 75% of the residents of Alqosh, an Assyrian town 37 miles north of Mosul, have returned to their town after fleeing from the threat of ISIS on August 7. On September 12 the residents celebrated the festival Mar Qardakh, the patron saint of Alqosh, at the Saint Qardakh the Martyr Church. The Holy Mass was led by Bishop Michael Muqadissi of the Alqosh Archdiocese and was attended by hundreds of people from the town. After the mass, the people walked around the Church in a procession lead by children and deacons.
An Enhanced Train-and-Equip Program for the Moderate Syrian Opposition: A Key Element of U.S. Policy for Syria and Iraq
MESOP : POLICYWATCH 2280 – Michael Eisenstadt and Jeffrey White – The Washington Institute
Such a program should strengthen the moderate opposition militarily and enhance its political and informational capabilities, while disrupting Salafi-jihadist recruitment.
MESOP : NEW ACCUSATION ABOUT WAR CRIMES AGAINST YPG (PYD) – PKK
Syrian Coalition Condemns the YPG’s Massacre against Civilians in Al Hasaka
16-9-2014 – The Syrian Coalition condemns the massacres perpetrated by the Kurdish YPG militias against women and children and unarmed civilians in Al Hasaka province. “These inhumane acts, which serve the Assad regime only, have pitted the YPG against the principles of the Syrian Revolution.”
MESOP LATEST : Burkan El-Fırat Strikes Another Blow Against ISIS In Kobanê
WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA) – 16-9-2014 – (ANF) Fighting between the Islamic State (ISIS) and the newly created “Burkan El-Fırat” Joint Operations Command continues around the Kobanê Canton of Rojava. The Burkan El-Firat was formed this month under the leadership of the YPG and brings together elements of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) with the YPG and other Syrian opposition groups in the Euphrates region.
MESOP : CHRISTIAN AUTONOMY IN SYRIA & IRAQ ? Autonomy for the diversity – not as privilege for Kurds only
WATCH VIDEO : SUTORO CHRISTIAN FIGHTERS – THE OLDEST POPULATION OF MESOPOTAMIA FAVORS OWN STATUS
Sutoro is the official Syriac Christian security forces of “Rojava” that claims to fight alongside the Kurds to protect themselves from regime’s forces and the Islamic rebels. It was founded in 2013 as a loose untied front militia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLYd8yLuQlk&feature=youtu.be
MESOP NEWS : Kurdish Fighters Advance Against Jihadis in Syria
New York Times – 16-9-2014 – BEIRUT — Kurdish fighters captured more than a dozen villages from militants of the Islamic State group in heavy fighting across northeastern Syria, an activist group and a Kurdish official said Monday.
MESOP : BROOKINGS STRATEGY – Succeeding Against ISIS Requires a U.S. Strategy for Syria / By Salman Shaikh
15-9-2014 – The success of the “broad coalition” to fight ISIS that President Barack Obama announced last week rests on what happens in Syria. For now at least, no one can answer the question of who benefits from any airstrikes — Bashar al-Asad’s regime or the ‘moderate opposition?’ That question would have been easier to answer if we had made a start on the training, support and arming of the moderates more than two years ago when it was first suggested. I have the same worries as my colleagues about whether the support to Saudi Arabia to help train the moderate Syrian opposition will really materialize. Also, we should not take these Syrian moderates for granted – conversations we have already had with leaders of some armed groups tell us that they will not easily accept a fight that is just focused on ISIS if there is no real resolve to get rid of Asad. That is also the attitude of their regional backers.
MESOP : WOMEN DON’T MAKE WAR ! – Islamic State Attracts Female Jihadis From The U.S. Heartland
By Alistair Bell – 2014-09-15 06:59 GMT – MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) — U.S. law enforcement is investigating a new phenomenon of women from the American heartland joining Islamic State as President Barack Obama vows to cut off the militants’ recruiting at home. At least three Somali families in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area have female relatives who have gone missing in the past six weeks and may have tried to join Islamic State, said community leader Abdirizak Bihi. He said that while the reasons for their disappearance were unclear, he had told the families to contact police.
MESOP FLASH : PYD (PKK) WORKS TOGETHER a) WITH ASSAD & b) WITH FSA
15-9-2014 – The Kurdish PYD and regime forces heavily bombed the holdout neighborhood of Ghweiran in the capital of Al-Hasakah province Monday, according to pro-opposition news agency Sham News Network.
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