by Jennifer Cafarella – Institute for the study of war . . Following the declaration of a caliphate by ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, a cascade of surrenders by rebel and tribal brigades in Syria’s Deir ez-Zour province conferred large swaths of territorial control to ISIS. Beginning on July 2, these advances dramatically changed the balance of power within the province and provided ISIS the opportunity to achieve territorial continuity along the Euphrates River into Iraq’s al-Anbar. However, local resistance has since emerged to challenge full ISIS control within Syria’s Deir ez-Zour. While this resistance is currently too localized to meaningfully challenge the ISIS advance, it nonetheless highlights the existence of groups willing to serve as counter-ISIS forces within the ISIS Euphrates system. As ISIS continues to harden its defenses across its newly integrated Iraq and Syria theaters, the continued existence of local opposition will remain a crucial indicator of opportunities to disrupt ISIS control.
MESOP : TERROR-RAPPER TOT ODER UNTOT – Wurde deutscher Terrorist „Deso Dogg“ in türkischem Krankenhaus behandelt?
Von DTJ-ONLINE | 16.07.2014 – Mit einer brisanten Nachricht, die aus nicht näher genannten „Geheimdienstkreisen“ stammen soll, lässt das Nachrichtenmagazin „Focus“ aufhorchen: Demnach soll im städtischen Krankenhaus von Kilis eine geheime Abteilung eingerichtet worden sein, in der sich verletzte Extremisten des „Islamischen Staates“ (IS), die im syrischen Bürgerkrieg verletzt wurden, behandelt worden wären.
WEST KURDISTAN /SYRIA – YPJ Commander: We Are Resisting At The Cost Of Our Lives
MESOP : The Parties Must Leave Their Political Differences Aside – Good idea for the future from both sides !
Meysa Ebdo – the Kobanê commander of the of the Yekineyên Parastina Jin (YPJ), or Women’s Defense Units, a local defense force formed from thousands of women in Rojava – joined the ROJAVA program by telephone yesterday evening on Med Nuçe TV, where she spoke about the situation in Rojava and the most recent fighting with ISIS, according to a report from ANF and carried by Özgür Gündem . Ebdo said that the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS) wants to advance their objectives through the massacre of civilian populations and the world was just watching. She also called on different powers in Kurdistan to “lay down their differences for the moment and defend Kurdistan” and called on the youth of Kurdistan to “contribute to the resistance in Kobanê” which she said would “bring down the borders.”
MESOP : SOURCE OF REAL SYRIAN REVOLUTION – Complain In Order Not to Lose Your Rights
The Day ِAfter organization (TDA), in collaboration with local councils, civil society institutions, and military councils in the province of Idlib, launched a campaign under the title of ‘Complain In Order Not To Lose Your Rights’, in May 2014.
The idea of the campaign was born from what the organization said was “the necessity of holding the Free Syrian Army abusers accountable”. Activists are concerned with the social dimension of the revolution, especially after witnessing people’s fear at raising their problems with those holding weapons.
MESOP REPORT : On The Front In Kobanê
ROJAVA REPORT 14-7-2014 – ANF – What follows is translation of the article “Kuzey Cepheye” (“To The Northern Front”) by Ersin Çaksu and İsmail Eskin from Özgür Gündem and DİHA. While the attacks of the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS) directed by the AKP against Kobanê continue, a special meeting of the Democratic Regions Party (DBP) has made a call for “all of our people to march to Kobanê.”
MESOP : PYD CONTROLS WHOLE ECONOMY
How ISIL’s control on Mosul affects Syria Kurds
July 14, 2014 – ARA News – Qamishli, Syria – Lack of gas tubes causes hard living conditions to thousands of families in the Syrian northeastern city of Qamishli. Large portion of Qamishli’s need of gas used to be provided by the nearby Iraqi city of Mosul through Tel Kocher border crossing.
MESOP PHOTO-GALLERY : Kobanê Frontline in Pictures
Photos and captions by Soresvan Abbas:
A fighter of the People’s Protection Units (YPG) holds in his arms a child whose parents have refused to flee their home in eastern Kobanê but will stay to help the Kurdish fighters resisting ISIS attacks, 12 July 2014 weiterlesen / click to continue
Syria Daily: Jabhat al-Nusra Denies It Declared “Islamic Emirate” (CONTRA PKK)
By Scott Lucas July 13, 2014 07:17 Updated – LATEST: Jabhat al-Nusra Denies It Joined New Insurgent Force in Aleppo
The Islamist faction Jabhat al-Nusra has denied that its leader, Abu Mohammad al-Joulani, declared an Islamic Emirate in a speech to fighters last week.On Friday, an audio claiming to be of Joulani’s statement, enthusiastically cheered by his men, circulated on social media. The leader supposedly said that an Emirate would implement sharia law, with courts formed within a week. It would confront foes such as the Assad regime, the Islamic State — which declared a Caliphate two weeks ago — and the Turkish-based Kurdish group PKK.
MESOP REPORT : ISIS Attacks on Kobane &YPG’s Response / By Mutlu Civiroglu
12-7-2014 – After taking over Mosul and some other cities in Iraq, the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS) or with its new name Islamic State (IS) has launched a large offensive against Kobane (Ain al-Arab) on Wednesday, July 2. ISIS attacks supported by 10 tanks and other armored vehicles including US Humvees, were concentrated in the west of Kobane around several villages mostly against Zormixar, a strategic village overlooking town of Jarablus.
MESOP : ASSAD IN QAMISHLI – KOBANE UNDER FIRE – PYD AS SELF INAUGURATED AVANTGARDE
Assad supporters show loyalty in Syria’s Qamishli
July 11, 2014 – ARA News – Qamishli, Syria – Supports of the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad organized a march on Thursday in the city of Qamishli, northeast of Syria, raising pictures of Assad and waving the Syrian official flag to show their support to the regime and its head amid the three-year old crisis.
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