MESOP FLASH : Tensions increasing between KDP & PKK
HAWARNEWS – WELATI – VAN WILGENBURG : PYD accuses KDP of building walls/ditches to isolate Syrian Kurds in coordination with Turkey, while the KDP says they are to prevent Arabs and extremists from crossing the border (via @mutludc). Pro-PKK article on this issue here
MESOP INSIGHT REPORT SYRIAN OPPOSITION : Political Committee Convenes for the First Time Following Election
10-4-2014 – MESOP – The Political Committee held their first meeting today after its members were elected during the 13th meeting of the General Assembly. The meeting was attended by Ahmad Jarba, president of the Syrian Coalition, and his deputies Farouk Tayfur, Abdul Hakim Bashar and Nora Al Ameer, in addition to Badr Jamous, the Secretary General of the Syrian Coalition.
KDP Strengthens Embargo On Rojava, Opens Fire On Protesters
The Rojava Report – 9.4.2014 – The KDP, the ruling party in South Kurdistan, has removed the the flag of the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) from the Sêmalka border crossing with Rojava and raised its party’s flag in its place.
SEYMOUR HERSH’S STORY ERFÄHRT VERDIENTEN ZUSAMMENBRUCH
#Hersh #Syria #Maloof – Das Problem mit Hersh seiner “Analyse” ist, daß diese a) alle bisher bekannten Fakten außer acht läßt und er b) auf die Kritik von Kollegen und Experten nicht eingeht. (Benjamin Hiller)
Hersh & the Red Herring
NOW Media – 9.4.2014 – The East Ghouta chemical attack last August was most likely perpetrated by the Assad regime, not rebel fighters
The recent article by Seymour Hersh called “The Red Line and the Rat Line” in the London Review of Books is a continuation of his previous work in this area. Although he weaves an interesting tale of intrigue, Mr. Hersh is still long on supposition and hearsay and short on actual facts.
MESOP INSIGHT : The Importance of Local Knowledge in Syria
By Faysal Itani – The Atlantic Council – 9.4.2014 – A US policy that does not account for the attitudes and aspirations of Syrians—both civilians and fighters—cannot achieve its goals of sustainable political transition and countering religious extremism. Yet policy-makers have paid little attention to these local factors, preferring a top-down approach to the conflict that focuses on geopolitical calculation and diplomacy. A recent survey, the Voices of Syria Project, offers a model for assessing how Syrians on the ground see the conflict.
MESOP LATEST : SYRIAN REGIME & FREE SYRIAN ARMY DECLARE CEASEFIRE
9.04.2014 10:41:03 – ALEPPO, Syria — A temporary ceasefire has been declared between the Syrian regime and Free Syrian Army troops due to the delivery of humanitarian aid to opposition-controlled areas in Aleppo by UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and the Syrian Red Crescent.
Jihadist attack on Latakia raises fear of deeper sectarian warfare
ALEPPO, Syria – 9.4.2014 – Predictably, as soon as the battle for the strategic Qalamoun area in the mountainous regions between Syria and Lebanon drew to a close — with the regime gaining the upper hand — fresh fronts opened in this seemingly endless civil war. Their location, however, was quite unexpected. Most Syria observers and analysts expected to see the next big battle in southern Daraa province, the birthplace of the Syrian uprising and a stronghold of mainstream rebels backed by the West and regional powers. Crucially, this area is devoid of the radical Islamist groups that have dominated other parts of the war-torn country.
MESOP SHORT CUTS : 6 Islamists reported dead during clashes with Kurdish YPG, north Syria
09-04-2014 – ARA News – Urfa, Turkey− At least 6 members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group (ISIL) were killed in the countryside of Tel Abyad, norther Syria, on Monday during clashes with the Kurdish forces of the Popular Protection Units (YPG).
Syria Kurdish party elects leader in Erbil
9.4.2014 – Kurdpress – The Syria Kurdish party of the Kurds Democrat elected its new leader in the Kurdistan Region’s capital Erbil, Rudaw said.
According to the report four Syria Kurdish parties of al-Party, Freedom (led by Mustafa Jomaa) and Freedom (led by Nustafa Aso) and Kurdistan Union merged and established the newly-founded party, affiliated with Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barzani. 51 members of the party’s leading committee elected Saud Malla as the leader of the party and Ismaeil Muhammad was elected as the committee’s chief.
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