Damascus & Rebels Trade Blame in Gas Attack
TOXIC GAS USED IN KAFR ZEITA
In one video posted online from Kafr Zeita on Saturday, a man walking over rubble from a recent bombing shouted at the activist documenting the destruction: “There is no point in filming! No one responds!”
By ANNE BARNARD & BEN HUBBARDAPRIL 12, 2014 – The New York Times – BEIRUT, Lebanon – Syrian state television and antigovernment activists reported Saturday that poison gas had been used in a rebel-held village in the central province of Hama, with each side blaming its enemies for an attack they both said sickened more than 100 people.
By ignoring Rojava, Western powers disregard secular, democratic values: Salih Muslim
QUESTIONING SALIH MUSLIM
Why only asking Western Powers? – You had previously preferred Eastern Powers! You went several times to Putin’s Moscow, to the Mullahs in Tehran, you realized dates with the Chinese. You spoke strictly against any Western interference at the beginning of the Syrian troubles. And now the Western powers forget not only you but also all other democratic opposition forces in Syria. And Assad may win the battle. Result of a disastrous policy of all factions of the Syrian opposition: Kurds and Arabs and others. (MESOP)
KT Report: – 13-4-2014 – “The civil war now engulfing Syria emerged from its people’s desire for political change. But the war is not universal: since the outbreak of protests in 2011 against President Bashar Assad’s regime — and long before — one group of Syrians, the Kurdish community, has consistently sought peaceful change and respect for the rights of all.
HILFE FÜR ALLE BEVÖLKERUNGSGRUPPEN IN SYRIEN OHNE AUSNAHME
„Ständiger Terror“ – Welthungerhilfe-Vorstand Mogge zur Lage in Syrien
12-4-2014 – Im Gespräch mit Joachim Heinz zur aktuellen Lage in Syrien zieht Mathias Mogge eine düstere Bilanz. Diplomatische Initiativen zur Lösung des Syrien-Konflikts seien nicht in Sicht – das Leid der Menschen gehe unterdessen weiter.
MESOP FLASH : Bodies of Syria Kurdish forces buried
12-4-2014 – Kurdpress – In a funeral ceremony in the Syrian Kurdish city of Kobani the body of six Kurdish forces of the People Defense Units (YPG) were buried.
PYD : SELF MANAGEMENT OF HIGHER PRICES ? – Amid crisis, residents of Syria’s Efrin complain about high prices
EFRIN CITIZENS VOICE
“Everybody has a hand in this robbery, merchants and inspectors of the Supply Corporation, including the PYD-led Assayish security forces.”
12-04-2014 – ARA News – Efrin, Syria− Since the start of the three-year-old crisis in Syria, Efrin city in Aleppo province has suffered hard living conditions. High prices of food items are deemed the most notable problem. “This is due to monopolizing and controlling the prices of essential materials,” residents of the Kurdish-populated city of Efrin say.
MESOP LATEST : KNC demands lift of Kobane siege
WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA) – 11-04-2014 – ARA News – Kobane, Syria− The city of Kobane in northern Syria is since 6 months besieged by the group of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). The local committee of the Kurdish National Council (KNC) in the city of Kobane/Ain el-Arab issued a statement earlier this week, addressing the United Nations and the international humanitarian and civil society organizations.
DEUTSCHE SOLDATEN IN SYRIEN : DENNIS CUSPERTS TREUEEID / VIDEO
Von Yassin Musharbash 11. April 2014 – Er ist nicht der erste deutsche Dschihadist, der sich in Syrien der Terrorgruppe “Islamischer Staat in Irak und Großsyrien” (ISIS) angeschlossen hat – aber der bekannteste, und deshalb wichtigste: Dennis Cuspert, früher einmal als Rapper “Deso Dogg” (ein bisschen) berühmt, seit seiner dschihadistischen Selbstfindung als “Abu Talha al-Almani” fungierend.
Assad’s Boasts
TODAY’S MESOP EDITORIAL (II)
by Jonathan Spyer – The Jerusalem Post – April 10, 2014 – Syrian President Bashar Assad this week said he expects that major military operations in Syria will conclude by the end of 2014. Following this, all that will remain will be the need to deal with the ongoing problem of “terrorists.”
MESOP REPORT : ‘Return to Homs’ embeds viewer in an embattled Syrian city
By Dominique Soguel, Contributor / April 11, 2014 – THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
Orwa Nyrabia, producer of “Return to Homs,” accepts the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary for the film during the 2014 Sundance Film Festival Awards Ceremony on Jan. 25, 2014, in Park City, Utah.When Talal Derki began filming “Return to Homs,” he imagined a happy ending: a victorious popular uprising against Syria’s regime. But, mirroring events on the ground, the documentary inevitably took a dark turn.
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