PUTINS MIG KILLS SYRIAN CHILDREN

Regime MiG warplane hits IDP camp, activists say

A child was killed and five injured when a Syrian Air Force MiG warplane struck near a school in the Qah Camp for Internally Displaced Persons on the country’s northern border with Turkey Monday, Mulham Jundi, a pro-opposition media activist in the camp, told Syria Direct. The camp in Idlib province is situated between the rebel-held Bab al-Hawa and Bab Atmeh border crossings with Turkey.

RUSSIA IN SYRIA : BLOOD FOR OIL ?

Dayan Center – Tel Aviv – Vol. 4, No. 4    April 28, 2014 – The Syrian War: 10 more years?

IQTISADI Editors: Paul Rivlin & Yitzhak Gal    Assistant Editors: Brandon Friedman and Gal Buyanover

This edition of Iqtisadi examines the destruction inflicted by war on Syria and its people, the development of a war economy, and the crucial role of external powers in prolonging the conflict. It will show how the conflict may continue despite the enormous amount of damage generated so far.

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TODAY’S MESOP SYRIA NEWS ROUND UP : April 28 ASSAD & THE LIST OF HIS FAKE CANDIDATES

Assad officially announces candidacy in June elections
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday morning officially announced his intention to stand for reelection in June 3 balloting, according to state news agency SANA. Assad’s declaration brings the total number of candidates to seven after four new candidates submitted their applicationsSunday.

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ADVANCED WEAPONRY TO SYRIAN REBELS / WASHINGTON POST

SYRIA: Advanced U.S. weaponry is beginning to be channeled to select Syrian rebels (WaPo).

MESOP LATEST : Syrian rebels who received first U.S. missiles of war see shipment as ‘an important first step’ / Click bottom link for pictures

Liz Sly/The Washington Post – Abdullah Awda, 28, heads the Harakat Hazm rebel group, which recently announced that it had received the first advanced American weaponry to be dispatched to Syria since the conflict began.

KHAN AL-SUBUL, Syria — Under the leadership of a young, battle-hardened rebel commander, the men entrusted with the first American missiles to be delivered to the Syrian war are engaged in an ambitious effort to forge a new, professional army.

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WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA) Bomb targets Kurdish Asayish in Qamishli

 A Dunon @ArjDnn Explosion when Kurdish asayish forces passed Enteriye neighbourhood in Qamişlo 11.00 local time. 2Asayish wounded. ANHA #TwitterKurda #Syria 12:38 PM – 28 Apr 2014

MESOP : The wolf in sheep dress / Iran welcomes progress of region’s Kurds, Kurdish language teaching under study, official tells

28-4-2014 – Kurdpress – The representative of the Iranian President for the affairs of the minorities and races, Ali Yunesi, said in Sanandaj on Monday that the Islamic Republic of Iran welcomes the advance of the region’s Kurds and stated teaching Kurdish language for Iran’s Kurds in under study. What follows is the official’s a short exclusive interview with Kurdpress News Agency on sideline of a funeral ceremony for the city’s Friday Imam who passed away on Saturday.

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Rumours of truce YPG & anti-ISIS groups

Rumours about truce between YPG and groups opposing the ISIS in Aleppo. This is not confirmed yet by the YPG or the Syrian Kurdish parties, but the ISIS is highly critical of it. It sounds plausible because all these groups have a common enemy in the ISIS and YPG is mostly engaged in fighting the ISIS in Hasakah and Raqqah province.

MESOP SOLIDARITY : UNRWA reaches Yarmouk with aid, condemns killings of Palestinian children

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) announced Saturday that it had successfully delivered food parcels to nearly 500 families in southern Damascus’s Yarmouk camp, marking the third consecutive day of deliveries after a 15 day suspension due to fighting in the predominantly Palestinian area.

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