MESOP DOCUMENTATION : How Bashar al-Assad created the feared shabiha militia: an insider speaks
By Salwa Amor, Ruth Sherlock in Gaziantep –The Telegraph (UK) 2-4-2014 – A former Assad regime insider has given the first direct account of how Syria’s ruling family created the feared shabiha militia that is blamed for some of the worst atrocities of the civil war, and gave it orders to kill or torture anti-regime protesters. – Abdul Salam, a former close ally of Rami Makhlouf, the president’s cousin, has described how he attended meetings in which Mr Makhlouf and Maher al-Assad, the president’s brother, planned “the making of the shabiha” – and others in which they commanded it to do their “dirty work” by shooting unarmed opposition activists.
MESOP LATEST : More on Qamishli bomb attack
Explosion in Qamişlo Tuesday, 01 April 2014 14:54 hawarnews– An explosion took place near an Art and Culture Center of the Syrian Regime in Qamişlo. It is reported that two people died and many more were injured by the explosion. – Local sources state that explosion took place at Mesakên Zubat Check Point near the center and two soldiers of the Syrian Regime passed away. People also report that one of the commanders have been injured. The region where explosion took place is now surrounded by the regime forces. – ANHA (Van Wilgenburg)
Geneva 3 – UN ORGANISATION / AD SYRIA
Press conference by the Secretary-General with the Vice Prime Minister of Belgium & the Secretary General of the Council of Europe (Secretary-General’s portion only)
Brussels, Belgium, 1 April 2014 – Secretary-General: Thank you, Mr. Vice Prime Minister of Belgium and Mr. Secretary General of the Council of Europe; it is a great pleasure for me to visit Belgium again at this very important moment. And I’d like to thank you for your leadership and for organising this very important conference to remind the world of the importance of keeping and protecting the human rights of all the people. (…)
Q: When you see what is happening in Syria and in Central African Republic, how can you say that we are better armed today than 20 years ago to prevent genocide?
PYK withdrew from Political Union & joined YPG / ANHA
Issues within political union
2-4-2014 – Some issues within political union as result of upcoming conference. I doubt the whole party withdrew though, maybe some maybe that didn’t get positions: (Van Wilgenburg)
Monday, 31 March 2014 15:28 hawarnews E-mail Print PDF – KOBANÊ- Executive Council of Kurdistan Union Party (Partiya Yekîtî ya Kurdistanê or PYK) withdrew from “Political Union” and declared that it is going to join the YPG’s call for mobilization. The PYK executives remarked that the Political Union members are indifferent to the issues in Rojava and called on all parties and individuals in Rojava and Kurdistan to support the YPG Forces in defending Rojava against the ISIS attacks.
MESOP INSIGHT : GAZIANTEP : SYRISCHE OPPOSITION IN DER HOTEL-LOBBY
Ringen um Neustrukturierung – Hoffen auf neue Waffen
GAZIANTEP, 1. April. In der gepfleten Lobby des Teymur-Hotels von Gaziantep herrscht ein heilloses Durcheinander. Neben den Topfpalmen an der hohen Fensterfront reden vier Männer mit dichten Bärten und schwarzen Stiefeln heftig aufeinander ein. Der Kommandeur einer islamistischen syrischen Rebellenbrigade mit grauem Haar und grauem Bart ist unter ihnen.
President Assad To Import More Cousins From Iran
MESOP THE SATIRICAL SIDE
DAMASCUS — President Bashar al-Assad has announced an ambitious new government program to import more cousins from Iran owing to recent shortages in children of his aunts and uncles. “It’s true. Because of the Zionist-CIA-takfiri conspiracy on Syria, we are now running low on cousins,” special presidential advisor Bouthaina Shaaban said in a press conference today. “And surface-to-air missiles.”
MESOP FOCUS : Fresh surge of violence hit Kobane city, north Syria
2-04-2014 – ARA News – Kobane, Syria– On Tuesday, clashes renewed between the Kurdish forces of the Popular Protection Units (YPG) and the Qaeda splinter group of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in several villages in the countryside of Kobane city, north of Aleppo.
MESOP LATEST : A TRIUMPH OF WESTERN NON-INTERVENTION : More than 150,000 killed in Syria conflict: Observatory
April 01, 2014 – Agence France Presse – BEIRUT: More than 150,000 people have been killed in Syria since the conflict began in March 2011, a monitoring group said in a new toll released on Tuesday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it had documented the deaths of 150,344 people, 51,212 of them civilians, including nearly 7,985 children.
NEWS FROM THE HOUR – TODAY’S RELEVAND MESOP TWITTERS
Michael Weiss @michaeldweiss 1 Min. Incredible video of a Syrian airplane shooting straight at a cameraman http://sploid.gizmodo.com/incredible-video-of-a-syrian-airplane-shooting-straight-1555607805/+jesusdiaz … – Retweetet von Joel Wing
Zuhair Hussain @zuhair47 2 Std. – #Iraq‘s army hits a #Falluja Medical complex,yesterday at 23:35 in Joluan neighborhood . قصف مجمع طبي في الفلوجة pic.twitter.com/34Q0w4b4Vt
Welat Kurdîstan @Welat_Kurdistan 3 Min.
Al-Monitor – Lebanon Pulse @LebanonPulse 3 Std.
Join @AlMonitor April 2nd at 4pm at the Lebanese University Central Administration to know more about “Covering #Syria” See you there! – Retweetet von Joel Wing
Zuhair Hussain @zuhair47 1 Std. – most serious pipeline blast since 03 ,Oil pumping from #Iraq to #Turkey discontinued after 2 weeks http://bit.ly/1fkldNA – Retweetet von Joel Wing
Welat Kurdîstan @Welat_Kurdistan 6 Min.
Retweetet von Joel Wing
Phillip Smyth @PhillipSmyth 7 Min. – Just to reiterate what @ArtWendeley said–They are fighting all over Syria. They’ve taken loses too @MothraAttack @Brown_Moses @ShamiWitness
Gespräch zeigen – Retweetet von Joel Wing
Michael Weiss @michaeldweiss 8 Min. – Kanye backs Ahrar al-Sham: Kim Kardashian Butts Into Syria’s (Online) Civil War With #SaveKessab Campaign http://thebea.st/1kjynuh
Syria Direct @SyriaDirect 10 Min. – Eastern Ghouta activist: UN aid ‘not enough for 1 percent of population’ http://www.syriadirect.org/main/36-interviews/1268-eastern-ghouta-activist-un-shipment-not-enough-for-1-percent-of-population … #Syria
Welat Kurdîstan @Welat_Kurdistan 12 Min. – Serok Barzanî AKP û BDP Pîroz Kir http://tinyurl.com/pnzubhx pic.twitter.com/B4kpXHo3LO – Öffnen
Retweetet von Michael Weiss
The 47th @THE_47th 2 Std. – RT @michaeldweiss: President Assad To Import More Cousins From Iran: http://mme.cm/7QFU00 via @NOW_eng – Öffnen
Welat Kurdîstan @Welat_Kurdistan 15 Min. – Kantona Efrînê serketina Bakurê Kurdistanê pîroz kir http://tinyurl.com/pet7ape
INSIGHT @inKurdistan 15 Min. – KDP withdraws (pro-Masrour) candidate Pishtiwan Sadiq due to “unhealthy” campaigning against Erbil mayor (pro-Nechirvan) Nawzad Hadi – Bas – Öffnen
Monajed @Monajed 17 Min. – Death toll in Syria’s civil war above 150000: monitor – Reuters: Irish TimesDeath toll in Syria’s civil war ab… http://bit.ly/1iVQmHL – Öffnen
MESOP LATEST FLASH : Rojava (PYD) – Some problems with unlicensed Kurdish protests
31.03.2014 Two weeks ago a TCK protest for Mullah Mustafa Barzani was prevented. On 31 March, Asayish prevented TCK protest for Qazi Mohammed. Asayish doesnt allow events without Asayish permission source. Also other pro-KNC protest prevented before. Facebook. – Posted by Wladimir van Wilgenburg
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