MESOP : OBAMA SPENDS SOME MORE MONEY TO SYRIAN OPPOSITION
Reports emerged Thursday afternoon that President Obama would seek $500 million to, per the Associated Press (AP), “train and arm vetted members of the Syrian opposition” as rebel forces struggle to overthrow the Bashar al-Assad regime. The aid, should it be approved, would according to the Washington Post “mark the first direct U.S. military participation in the Syrian conflict.”
MESOP : NORWEGIAN LEFT, GOVERNMENT & PEANUTS JIMMY CARTER MET WITH THE AUTHENTIC VOICE OF A MASS MURDER IN OSLO
Buthaina Shaaban Meets Feltman, Carter in Oslo
Tue 24 Jun 2014 – By The Syrian Observer – Shaaban is one of the officials banned from visiting EU countries, but Norway is not a member of the Union
The French News Agency has revealed that the Political and Media Advisor to the President, Buthaina Shaaban, has met the Norwegian Foreign Minister, Borg Brindh, the former U.S. President, Jimmy Carter, the Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations for Political Affairs, Jeffrey Feltman and the Director of Iranian president’s office, during a visit to Oslo.
MESOP : TIES BETWEEN ISIS & ASSAD
Last week NOW detailed the close ties between the Assad regime and ISIS, as well as with ISIS’s predecessor, Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), including efforts by Assad to provide funding and material support to AQI to fight American troops in Iraq. The Telegraph had already in January conveyed analysis from Western intelligence agencies cataloging how Damascus had fueled Sunni extremism both in the region and even specifically inside Syria, where some of those extremists were battling the regime. The piece highlighted accusations that Assad had functionally chosen his enemy in Syria’s conflict, empowering both extremist Shiite elements and Al Qaeda-linked groups on the Sunni side to squeeze out moderates. It described tactics ranging from the direct purchase of oil sales – which provided Sunni jihadists with resources – to selective targeting of opposition elements, with extremists being released after battlefield captures even as moderates were kept in prison or worse.
KDP & PYD Agree on Syrian Kurdistan
25.06.2014 – Hemin Salih and Kako Ibrahim – BasNews, Ankara – Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Syrian Democratic Union Party (PYD) have met in the Turkish capital of Ankara to engage in discussions regarding the future of Syrian Kurdistan.
MESOP : TODAY’S ISW REPORT ON SYRIA
by Isabel Nassief – ISW – 25.6.2014 – The Syrian regime has sustained targeted strikes against ISIS positions in eastern Syria and northern Aleppo province. Opposition fighters continue to clash with pro-regime forces in Eastern Ghouta, Damascus and Qalamoun. However, a counteroffensive by pro-regime forces in Qalamoun indicates that Hezbollah fighters are replacing redeployed Iraqi Shi’a militia fighters. Regime air strikes on the Mhoassan-Abu Kamal road as well as well as reported ISIS preparations in the area indicate that ISIS may attempt to seize the border town of Abu Kamal from opposition forces. On June 21 ISIS took control of the adjacent Qaim border crossing in Iraq.
TODAY’S MESOP HEADLINE : Muhajireen Battalions in Syria (Part 3)
Click bottom link for pictures/ By Aymenn Jawad Al-TamimiI have previously documented muhajireen battalions here and here. Below are two more groupings.
Saraya ash-Sham : Logo of Saraya ash-Sham, whose main emblem resembles the flag of Iraqi insurgent group Jamaat Ansar al-Islam (pro-Caliphate and with deployment in Syria). The motto reads: “We shed tears and spill blood.”
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MESOP FLASH : Syrian Democratic Rebels recapture towns in Aleppo from ISIS
24-6-2014 – MESOP – Rebels reportedly recaptured three towns from the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS) Monday in north Aleppo province near the Turkish border, according to opposition media and activists.The Jabhat a-Nusra-led rebels said in a statement Monday that they had captured Thalthana, Kesar, al-Jeb and killed seven ISIS fighters in clashes, according to pro-opposition news agency Shahba Press.
MESOP REPORT : REDUR XELIL COMMANDER YPG FORCES (PYD) WEST KURDISTAN – SYRIA ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT ACCUSATIONS
Rêdûr xelîl @YPGRJAVA But it is worth paying attention&all the institutions of the admin in Rojava should take advantage of the comments 2 upgrade its job better.
The Report of HRW about Rojava(under Kurdish rule) is a professional par excellence, dispite of many impurities&inaccuracies in description.
We thank all the Kurdish activists and in Germany for thier physical and moral support. pic.twitter.com/8wmJDeBfbC
Syrian Kurdish armed non-State actor commits to ban anti-personnel mines, sexual violence and child recruitment http://www.genevacall.org/syrian-kurdish-armed-non-state-actor-commits-ban-anti-personnel-mines-sexual-violence-child-recruitment/ …
TODAY’S MESOP SCANDAL : ISIS, Nusra, al Qaeda & also PYD (YPG) use child soldiers in Syria / HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH UPDATED REPORT
“Maybe We Live and Maybe We Die”
Recruitment and Use of Children by Armed Groups in Syria –June 23, 2014 – The 31-page report documents the experiences of 25 children and former child soldiers in Syria’s armed conflict. Human Rights Watch interviewed children who fought with the Free Syrian Army, the Islamic Front coalition, and the extremist groups ISIS and Jabaht al-Nusra, an Al-Qaeda affiliate, as well as the military and police forces in Kurdish-controlled areas.
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