Ratification of election law in Hasakah – ANHA.
MESOP : SYRIA – A PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF UN SECURITY COUNCIL
“It goes to the core of what people expect the U.N. to do,” Christian Wenewaser, the ambassador for Liechtenstein, said. “There is a level of frustration that hasn’t been there for a while. People are, in a way, questioning what they’re doing.”
In Dealings on Syria, Security Council Exposes Its Failings
By Somini Sengupta – New York Times – 2014-05-11
MESOP FLASH : Syria opposition army chief blames opposition coalition, accepts Damascus infiltration
11-5-2014 – Kurdpress – The founder and one of the main commanders of the Free Syria Army (FSA), opposition to Damascus government, Riyad Assa’ad blamed the opposition coalition for seeking their own benefits and stated some Damascus agents have infiltrated into the opposition army, Anadolu said.
MESOP REPORT : Ankara at crossroads on Syria policy
Author Semih Idiz Posted May 9, 2014 – Al Monitor – As the Syrian crisis moves into its third year, it is premature to say that President Bashar al-Assad is winning his war, as he claims. It is, nevertheless, clear he is not losing it. He also has enough confidence to stage sham elections while the bloody civil war still rages, with all its supposedly democratic trappings, including candidates who will run against him.
MESOP FOCUS : Kurdish Enclaves in Syria Battle Islamist Militant Groups / By Wladimir van Wilgenburg
Publication: Terrorism Monitor Volume: 12 Issue: 9
May 2014 – Jamestown Foundation – The main Kurdish militia in Syria, the Yekîneyên Parastina Gel (YPG – Kurdish People’s Protection Units), has survived a siege of the town of Kobani (Arabic: Ayn al-Arab) by Islamist extremists belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The siege of the Kurdish-controlled town near the Turkish border began on March 10.
Ratification of election law in Hasakah : Raise your arms !
Ratification of election law in Hasakah – ANHA.
Posted 40 minutes ago by Wladimir van Wilgenburg
Yabroud: clashes between Assad’s forces and Hezbollah reported Friday
MESOP : DON’T TRUST NASRALLAH
2014-05-10 – Zamanalwsl – Activists reported several casualties in the border city of Yabroud on Friday due to clashes erupted between Syrian armed forces and its backed Lebanese militia, Hezbollah. The clashes took place at Qarinat al-Waqa’ checkpoint at the entrance of the newly liberated city from rebels.
MESOP FOCUS : Crisis Group Slams ‘Heavy-Handed’ PYD Rule in Rojava
By Harvey Morris RUDAW – 10-5-2014 – The report urged the PYD to decrease its heavy reliance on its own military and the Assad regime, and instead broaden its support base among both Kurds and non-Kurds.
LONDON – The ability of the Democratic Union Party (PYD) to secure Kurdish rights in Rojava (Syrian Kurdistan) was challenged this week in a report that blasted the dominant movement in the region for shunning its natural allies in favor of an alliance of convenience with the Damascus regime.
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Syria: Scorched Earth, War Crimes & “ Victory” / STRATEGY PAGE
MESOP : The preliminary final result
May 9, 2014: The biggest advantage the Syrian government currently has, besides the Iranian mercenaries is the civil war among the rebel Islamic terrorist groups that broke out in January. This is mainly ISIL (the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, also called ISIS) versus all the other rebels (especially al Nusra, the official al Qaeda franchise in Syria). ISIL is outnumbered but has a secure base in eastern Syria and help from the Iraqi branch of ISIL. That eastern stronghold is now being attacked by al Nusra.
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Flight of Icarus? The PYD’s Precarious Rise in Syria
Erbil/Brussels | 8 May 2014 –The PYD (Kurdish Democratic Union Party) has imposed its dominance in northern Syria, but its long-run prospects – like those of the areas it controls – depend on the party’s ability to adopt a more balanced and inclusive strategy.
| “In northern Syria, as elsewhere, the regime aims to compel people to take refuge in their sectarian and communitarian identities and to divide those who support it from those who oppose it”.
Maria Fantappie, Crisis Group’s Iraq Analyst |
In its latest report, Flight of Icarus? The PYD’s Precarious Rise in Syria, the International Crisis Group examines the implications of the Kurdish group’s military strategy and governance project in the north of the war-torn country. Since mid-2012, when the regime withdrew from the Kurdish areas, the PYD and its armed wing, the People’s Protection Units, have filled the security void and fended off the jihadi opposition. In November 2013 – drawing on its legitimacy as an offshoot of the PKK, the Kurdish Turkish insurgent movement – the PYD proclaimed a transitional administration of Rojava (Western Kurdistan) over three predominantly Kurdish enclaves. Viewed by some as a step toward stability and advancement of Kurdish aspirations, PYD dominance in fact relies on pragmatic cooperation with the regime; an authoritarian inheritance from a group (the PKK) that many countries regard as terrorist; and fragile regional alliances.
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