TODAY’S MESOP QUOTATION FACING MOSUL : US SHOULD REMEMBER ! (VAN WILGENBURG)
US should remember what the Peshmerga did when they immediately entered Kirkuk, Mosul, Fallujah and who captured Saddam Hussein. The Iraqi army in Mosul deserted on mass, and in Kirkuk there is a similar situation, according to some reports. Furthermore, the Iraqi army massacred civilians in Hawija, and committed many human rights abuses against Sunnis in Mosul, as a result, the ISIS is strong in the Sunni triangle : Watch : Michael Weiss Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi Azad Bamernê Luay Jawad Al-Khatteeb Shwan Zulal Gareth Stansfield
THE GERMAN KURDISH CHAPTER MESOP : Islamisten umstellen wichtige Ölraffinerie
FAZ – 11.6.2014 – Die Islamisten setzen ihren Vormarsch im Norden Iraks fort. Nach der Eroberung der Millionenstadt Mossul halten sie eine Ölraffinerie nahe der Stadt Baidschi umstellt. Mehr als eine halbe Million Menschen ist auf der Flucht.
MESOP : MOSUL PICTURE LINE
Mosul governor flees city and heads to Kurdistan Region
The Governor of Mosul Atheel Nujefi has fled the city alongside thousands of other internally displaced persons (IDPs). Nujefi has temporarily relocated to Duhok, in the Kurdistan Region.
Thousands have fled Mosul following a breakout in violence sparked by the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS) on Saturday.
MOSUL SECURITY CRISIS: A CHANCE TO BREAK IRAQ’S POLITICAL LOGJAM
ANALYSIS OF NEAR EAST POLICY FROM THE SCHOLARS AND ASSOCIATES OF THE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE
PolicyWatch 2265 June 10, 2014 – By Michael Knights – The loss of government control in a major city may be just the wakeup call Iraqi politicians need to embrace a more ambitious reconciliation agenda.
Over the past week, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, a U.S.-designated terrorist group, has seized control of Mosul, the second largest city in Iraq. ISIS and its antecedents have long maintained a covert presence in the city, including major fundraising via organized crime networks, but the current breakdown has witnessed open terrorist control of the streets to an extent not seen since 2005.
MESOP LATEST (II) : YPG & Peshmerge on one line
MESOP LATEST (II) : YPG & Peshmerge on one line
Rêdûr xelîl , YPG spokesperson: Our units are stationed in their position in Tall Kocer [bordergate Syria-Iraq Yarubiya) in a state of alert in case of any attack. The news that claims YPG to enter the Iraqi city of Rabia incorrect and baseless. The People in South Kurdistan [Kurdistan region of Iraq], Pesmerge and ourself are on one line countering ISIS attacks on Kurds. We are ready to send our specialized forces to protect our people in South Kurdistan from attacks.
CURRENT CRISIS IN SYRIA : Testimony before the Canadian Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights
Featuring Andrew J. Tabler – 10.6.2014 – Good evening, Chairperson Jaffer and ranking members. It is a pleasure to testify as an individual before the Canadian Senate Committee on Human Rights on the worsening crisis in Syria.
Syrian Kurdish militia (YPG / PYD) ready to fight ISIS in northern Iraq: statement
MESOP FOCUS : YPG READY TO FIGHT
(Zaman Alwasl)- 10.6.2014 – The Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) declared, in statement issued Tuesday, readiness to fight with Iraqi Army and Peshmerga against Al-Qaeda renegade group in northern Iraq.
MESOP FLASH : ISIS ACTIVITIES PLUS AL NUSRA NEAR SYRIAN – IRAQI BORDER
Syria Flash – 10.6.2014 – Fighting between Islamist brigades, including al-Nusra Front, and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Syria’s Deir al-Zour province has killed 634 people since April 30, according to the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The six-week ISIL offensive has killed an estimated 39 civilians and driven 130,000 people from their homes. ISIL is battling for control of eastern Syrian and western Iraq, and has taken control of most of the northeast bank of the Euphrates River from close to the Turkish border to around 200 miles southeast to the town of Busayra.
MESOP AID FOR SYRIA BY : WADI GERMANY – GREEN CROSS – AL SAREEJ
Aid to Syria: Medicaments and Vaccinations for the people of Ghouta
In cooperation with our partner, the Green Cross, aid was sent in May to the Syrian organization Al Sareej to support its humanitarian work in Ghouta. This suburb of Damascus, encircled by Assad’s troops is the place of deadliest poison gas attack on civilians. For many months now, this part of Damascus is under siege, isolated from the outside world and the target of bombardments and attacks.
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