MESOP REPORT : More displacement among Kurdish civilians in Syria’s Tel Abyad
ARA News – 3.4.2014 – Urfa, Turkey– Al-Qaeda splinter group of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) demanded on Wednesday Kurdish civilians in the villages of al-Shaba, Shatt al-Rihman and al-Hijaziya in the western countryside of Tel Abyad city in Raqqa province to evacuate their villages, “threatening to hold their women hostages if they resist”, according to local sources.
Kurdish media: ISIL displacing Kurds in Tel Ebyad
3-4-2014 – Van Wilgenburg – Al-Qaeda splinter group of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) demanded on Wednesday Kurdish civilians in the villages of al-Shaba, Shatt al-Rihman and al-Hijaziya in the western countryside of Tel Abyad city in Raqqa province to evacuate their villages, “threatening to hold their women hostages if they resist”, according to local sources.
PRO ISRAEL COMMENTATORS & RESSOURCE PERSONS NOW IN FAVOR OF PKK / PYD
MESOP FLASH – GERMAN EVENT ON ROJAVA IN DUESSELDORF / 100 World Key Figures
This is why, on May 4, 2014, in Dusseldorf, Germany, 100+ key figures from around the world will convene to strategize regarding this initiative and to explain what it entails…for the Kurds, for Syria, for the region, and for the international community. – http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/5213/kurdistan-us-recognition
TODAY’S MESOP EDITORIAL : America Must Recognize Kurdistan / by Sherkoh Abbas, Robert Sklaroff & Joseph Puder
In Focus Quarterly – Spring 2014 – Now that the Geneva “peace” convocation has predictably collapsed, so too has America’s paradigm for Syria that—at various times—has favored Shiites (Alawite President al-Asad) and Sunnis (al-Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood). As the civil war rages on, America should instead support the newborn, self-ruling non-Islamist entity—Kurdistan—as a model for a coalition Syrian government.
KURDWATCH NEWSLETTER MÄRZ 2014
PYD NEUE DEMOKRATIE ODER NEUER STALINISMUS ?
ʿAfrin: PYD entführt Schülerinnen & foltert Schuldirektor
KURDWATCH, 31. März 2014 – Am 17. März 2014 haben Mitglieder des Asayiş, des Sicherheitsdienstes der Partei der Demokratischen Union (PYD), in ʿAfrin Fauzi Madschno, den Direktor der Amir-Ghobari-Schule, seinen Sohn, fünf Schülerinnen im Alter zwischen dreizehn und sechzehn Jahren sowie den Bruder einer der Schülerinnen entführt. Der Direktor und die Schülerinnen hatten am 16. März 2014 an einer Kundgebung zum Andenken an die Opfer des Giftgasangriffs auf Halabdscha (Irakisch-Kurdistan) vor fünfundzwanzig Jahren teilgenommen. Die Schülerinnen wurden beschuldigt, Haschisch zu besitzen. Am 18. März wurden alle Entführten entlassen. Fauzi Madschno war währen der Entführung Folter ausgesetzt.
KURDWATCH NEWSLETTER WEST KURDISTAN / MARCH 2014
ʿAfrin: PYD kidnaps female students & tortures school director
KURDWATCH, March 31, 2014—On March 17, 2014, members of the Asayiş, the security service of the Democratic Union Party (PYD), kidnapped Fauzi Majno, the director of the Amir-Ghobari-School, his son, five female students between the ages of thirteen and sixteen, as well as the brother of one of the students. The director and the students had taken part in a rally in ʿAfrin on March 16, 2014 to commemorate the victims of the poison gas attack on Halabja (Iraqi-Kurdistan) twenty-five years ago. The students were accused of possessing marijuana. On March 18, those kidnapped were released. During the kidnapping, Fauzi Majno was tortured.
Al-Jawadiyah: PYD kidnaps activists
KURDWATCH, March 26, 2014—On March 14, 2014, employees of the Asayiş, the security service of the Democratic Union Party (PYD), kidnapped the secretary of the Democratic and Kurdistani Union of Students and Youth, Hajar Hasan, as well as the Union member Hozan Shalal in al‑Jawadiyah. On March 15, both were released. They were accused of having organized an event to mark the birthday of Mustafa Barzani without first applying for authorization from the Asayiş.
MESOP FOCUS : Twitter As Major Platform For Spreading Message Of Islamic State Of Iraq & Syria (ISIS)
Introduction: The ongoing war in Iraq and Syria between jihadi organizations and their opponents is continuously expressed in the virtual world of social media, and especially on Twitter, which is the preferred platform for the online discourse of jihadi and oppositionist groups. Tracking the Twitter accounts of the various jihadi organizations helps estimate their strength and modes of operation.
MESOP REPORT : Syrian ‘Alawis Slam Assad Regime For Its Treatment Of ‘Alawi Sect
Memri Dispatch – 2.4.2014 – Since the onset of the uprising and fighting against Bashar Al-Assad’s regime in March 2011, the common belief has been that the ‘Alawi sect, to which Assad belongs, constitutes his major support base. In the three years since the start of the revolution, some ‘Alawi voices did object to Assad’s conduct but the weight they carried on the Syrian street and within the ‘Alawi sect was unclear. However, recently there have been more reports, mostly in media outlets hostile to the Syrian regime, of increasing displeasure with the regime among the ‘Alawi sect due to the heavy toll ‘Alawis are paying for the association with Assad and also due to the fact that the regime takes their support for granted. This displeasure is also expressed on social media and articles written by ‘Alawis.
Clashes erupt in Damascus suburbs after fragile ceasefire / WATCH VIDEO
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Reports are circulating of fighting, the heaviest in weeks, in the Jobar suburb of Damascus. Rebels from Damascus suburbs with local ceasefires are said to have joined colleagues in the area. EA Worldview
MESOP REPORT : KAFRANBEL – The Revolution Turns Three: Between Assad & ISIS
2-4-2014 – Syria Untold – “We find ourselves again under occupation, albeit this time by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). After the greater part of northern Syria was liberated from regime forces we experienced great freedom in moving between the different villages and towns in that area. Today, we find our movement constrained again, and many of us even had to flee to Turkey or areas beyond ISIS’s reach.”
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