MESOP LATEST : AHL SHAM JOINT WITH PYD
Ahl Sham operations room and YPG agreement in Kobani #twitterkurds
MESOP : MEETING WITHOUT DELEGATES OF “MOUNT SINJAR CANTON”
Officials of three cantons in Rojava meet for the first time
Sunday, 07 September 2014 09:30 hawarnews – Amed- the officials of Democratic Autonomous in the three cantons of Rojava, which were announced in last December, met for the first time in Amed city.The officials of the three cantons met in Amed at the invitation to participate in the Seven Conference of Democratic Society, which was held yesterday in Amed city north of Kurdistan.It is noteworthy that this is the first time for the government of the three cantons to meet since their announcement.
MESOP FOCUS : Al Nusrah Front releases English-language summary of monthly operations (LONG WAR JOURNAL)
| Posted: 08 Sep 2014 02:34 PM PDT
The Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda’s official branch in Syria, has released a 26-page document summarizing its operations in the month of August. The propaganda document, which is written in English and titled “Monthly Harvest,” provides an overview of the group’s military operations and proselytization efforts throughout Syria. |
MESOP FOCUS : Extremist Groups in Syria / By Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi
Sep 07, 2014 – Middle east Institute – Three and a half years into the Syrian civil war, it is clear that any hopes that the overall insurgency against the Assad regime might develop in a more “mainstream” and “moderate” direction have dissipated.[1]Hopes had been pinned on the rebel groups under the Free Syrian Army (FSA) banner in the southernmost province of Deraa (the “Southern Front”). Many of these groups, which espouse a vague, superficial religious identity,[2] were the intended recipients of arms shipments[3] approved by the United States in coordination with Saudi Arabia.My focus is on the jihadi organizations the Islamic State (IS, formerly the Islamic State in Iraq and ash-Sham), the Syrian al-Qa’ida affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra, and an assortment of other groups in Syria that espouse the project of a transnational Caliphate and whose influence vastly overshadows the Southern Front.
MESOP : OBAMA LOOKING FOR RELEVANT PARTNERS ON THE GROUND
With US Considering Strikes Against Syria, Reflections & Realities from Iraq
Sep 7, 2014, 6:27 AM ET – By KAREN LEIGH, Syria Deeply – As the Obama administration debates expanding its air offensive against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) from Iraqi Kurdistan into eastern Syria, its main challenge remains finding a reliable military partner on the ground. We asked Douglas Ollivant, a senior national security studies fellow at the New America Foundation who focuses on Iraq, to weigh in on how lessons from that arena could shape the battle on Syrian terrain. – Syria Deeply: What’s the main challenge facing the U.S. in finding a partner on the ground in Syria?
MESOP : Fall of ISIS will lead to the collapse of Assad regime: Tribal leader
ARA News – 7-9-2014 – Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan – Brigadier Ali Ellow is a member of the anti-Assad Arab clan of al-Sheitaat, who have long fought against the Syrian regime and the Islamic State (IS/ISIS) in Deir ez-Zor province. Ellow occupied different posts before his dissidence from the Syrian regime, including Legal Office Director of the former Interior Minister Ghazi Kanaan.Recently, IS militants fighters took over the main villages of al-Sheitaat clan in Deir ez-Zor countryside, after killing about 700 members of the clan. Speaking to ARA News in an exclusive interview, Ellow raised several issues.
ISIS female fighters.. most dangerous women in the world
MESOP : THE NEW GENDERISATION OF NEW HYYBRID WARS – MEN IN DEFENSIVE POSITION – ALL FACTIONS HAVE WOMENS ARMIES
September 7, 2014 – ARA News – Hasakah, Syria – With the growing power of the Islamic State (IS/ISIS) and its militant’s control of large areas in Iraq and Syria, the group has persuaded many women to join the recently established Caliphate. A Scottish girl, who visited Syria last year, has reportedly joined the ranks of IS.The 20-year-old girl, named Aqsa Mahmoud, was ranked as one of the “most dangerous women in the world”, according to The National.
MESOP IN DEPTH : Al Qaeda veteran takes on a more prominent role as spokesman in Syria – The Long War Journal
Posted: 06 Sep 2014 07:53 AM PDT
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MESOP SYRIA : CHEMICAL WEAPONS STILL IN ASSAD’S HAND
The United States raised concerns on Thursday that Syria’s government could be withholding undeclared chemical weapons from international monitors (TIME).
Tony Badran : Is the link between Assad and the Islamic State a Christian one?
MESOP : THE ISIS OIL BUSINESS WITH PUTIN & GREEK ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS
“Specifically, HESCO is the subcontractor for Russian company Stroytransgaz”
NOW MEDIA 5-9-2014 – For a long time, the conventional narrative about the rise of the Islamic State (IS) has been that the jihadist group owes its rise to financial support from Gulf donors. However, as it has been established over the past year, the IS had far more lucrative revenue streams, including from the sale of oil from the fields it has seized in eastern Syria. What’s more, the IS sold that oil back to the Assad regime. This financial dealing was but one aspect of the tacit, opportunistic understanding between Bashar al-Assad and the IS.
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