WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA) Syria Kurdish delegation visits Sulaymaniya, to go to Europe
15-5-2014 – Kurdpress – A delegation from Cezire canton, one of the three Kurdish cantons in northern Syria, arrived yesterday in Sulaymaniya and is planned to go to European countries to win support, Hawar News said in a report.
MESOP Syria Daily: The Opposition, the TOW Missiles, & the Obama Administration
By Scott Lucas May 13, 2014 11:43 Updated – The Daily Beast uses sources from Syria’s opposition to reconstruct their meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry last Thursday in Washington: Kerry said he believed the international community “wasted a year” by not working together to help topple strongman Bashar al-Assad.
Human Rights Watch wirft Assad Giftgaseinsatz vor
MESOP FOCUS : KRIEGSVERBRECHEN DES MOST FAVORIT DIALOGPARTNERS DER ‚JUNGEN WELT‘ BERLIN – BASHAR AL ASSAD
13-5-2014 – Laut der Menschenrechtsorganisation hat Syriens Regime Chlorgas gegen die eigene Bevölkerung eingesetzt. Beim Angriff im April kamen elf Menschen ums Leben, Hunderte wurden verletzt.
MESOP SHORT CUTS SYRIA
13.5.2014 MESOP – Representatives of the 11 leading countries supporting the Syrian opposition, known as the London 11, are meeting Thursday. The meeting comes after a top U.N. humanitarian official said the “situation is getting worse” for the over 9 million Syrians displaced by conflict, and as aid workers become increasingly concerned about the effectiveness of aid deliveries into Syria. The meeting will also follow the evacuation deal that saw over 1,200 rebel fighters abandon the city of Homs. A European official said, “It doesn’t mean we’re giving up in any way.” A U.S. official mentioned the meeting will be a “sort of reset.” Meanwhile, Human Rights Watch released a report Tuesday citing strong evidence that the Syrian government used chlorine gas in barrel bomb attacks on three towns in April.
MESOP DOCU : HRW reports five chlorine attacks in mid-April
Human Rights Watch released a report Tuesday citing “strong evidence” that Syrian government forces had launched five separate attacks using barrel bombs filled chlorine gas in three separate towns in northern Syrian, bolstering allegations made last week by the opposition Syrian National Coalition at press conference in Istanbul.
Syria Special Representative to Brief on Failed Geneva Process / What’s in blue?
MESOP : THE TOTAL FAILURE OF THE UN & SECURITY COUNCIL
Tomorrow afternoon (13 May), UN-Arab League Joint Special Representative for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi will brief Security Council members in consultations on his activities since his last briefing on 13 March. That briefing took place shortly after the second round of peace talks, held in Geneva on 10-13 February, failed to deliver any tangible results towards a political solution to the Syrian crisis.
MESOP FORECAST : Syrian government ponders post-election scenarios
Jean Aziz – 12.5.2014 – AL MONITOR – A Lebanese politician who recently returned from a visit to Damascus told Al-Monitor that the Syrian presidential elections scheduled for June 3 have become almost the sole concern of officials there. According to this source, the elections are the only thing Syrian leaders are talking about, and their only interest is in the results.
Why are fighters leaving the Free Syrian Army? / Survey by Washington Post
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By Vera Mironova, Loubna Mrie and Sam Whitt – Why do some fighters who join insurgencies decide to quit? Why do some continue to fight but switch between insurgent groups? We began a survey in August 2013 in Syria to shed light on who leaves insurgencies and why. We have conducted interviews with over 250 rebel fighters from the Free Syrian Army (FSA), civilians in FSA-controlled territory, as well as refugees in FSA-backed camps in Turkey. In April, we completed interviews with 50 former FSA rebels who have abandoned the conflict and moved to Turkey. What were the most common reasons for leaving? They were generally lost hope in the possibility of victory and disarray within the FSA.
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MESOP APPEAL : CLOSE DOWN EMBASSY – Syria says France, Germany blocking expat vote
AFP , Monday 12 May 2014 – The foreign ministry said Monday that France and Germany intend to prevent Syrians living in their countries from voting in Syria’s presidential election, expected to return President Bashar al-Assad to power.
MESOP : NO VOTING FOR ELECTIONS IN ASSAD’S EMBASSYS
Paris closes embassy over ‘parody’ elections / And whats about Brussels, Rome & Berlin ?
The Syrian Foreign Ministry announced Sunday that the French government had officially closed Syria’s embassy in Paris in protest over Damascus’s plans to hold presidential elections on June 3 despite widespread international condemnation and the country’s ongoing civil war.
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