Plan for a Regional Solution in Syria
Kamal Al-Labwani – March 7, 2014 – Syrian Opposition Coalition (FIKRA FORUM)
The situation in Syria is tragic and getting worse. Chaos, extremism, and a lack of security are taking root all over the region, which is further threatened by severe civil and sectarian wars. In light of this grim situation, we cannot stand idly by. We cannot wait for the worst to happen, or wait for an international solution.
MESOP INSIGHT : Syria’s Economy Devastated By War / Dimension of help from Russia
(AFP) –13-3-2014 – Syria’s civil war has ravaged the country’s economy, causing damage that could take years to repair, and people have been forced to focus on finding basic necessities, like food and fuel, experts say. Gross domestic product has plunged nearly 40 percent since 2010, the year before the war began, as production has seized up, the regime has been rocked by international sanctions and oil fields lost to rebels.
TODAYS MESOP SYRIA ANALYSIS & OUTLOOK
13-3-2014 : “If power and force alone are what shape foreign policy, then so be it, in Syria as in Crimea. Let’s stop wasting our time by evoking international law and principles in a world that seems so little disposed to ensuring they prevail or, worse, that cites international law as an excuse to avoid taking any humanitarian action whatsoever,” writes Michael Young in Lebanon’s Daily Star Lebanon.
“The regime’s political goals are to remain in power, restore its control over as much of Syria as it can, and render the political opposition an irrelevant exile movement. Its military goal is to reduce the armed opposition to a manageable terrorist threat. This does not imply that the opposition has to be completely eliminated or that every inch of lost ground has to be recovered. Yet the regime has never shown any intention other than to fight, and it fights essentially everywhere in Syria. It does not negotiate with the opposition, and it does not give up on any province,” writes Jeffrey White of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
THE FOREIGN INTERVENTION IN SYRIA WHICH THE WESTERN LEFT DOESN’T SEE
Controlled by Iran, the deadly militia recruiting Iraq’s men to die in Syria / By Martin Chulov (GUARDIAN)
MESOP : ROJAVA BUILT ON SHAKY GROUNDS
Syria Kurds will pay heavy cost of democracy: Cezire PM
13.3.2014 – Kurdpress : The Syrian Kurds are ready to pay the heavy cost of democracy and will protect their regions under every condition, said Akram Hasu, the Prime Minister of Cezire canton, one of the three newly established cantons in the Kurdish regions of the war torn country.
MESOP WEST KURDISTAN : 19 Kurdish lines announce support to Syrian Kurds autonomy
KURDPRESS – 13.3.2014 – In a gathering held in Sulaymaniya to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Syrian Kurds uprising in March 12, 2004 , 19 Kurdish parties and organizations stated their support to the recently established autonomy of the Syrian Kurds in the north of the country, Hawar News said in a report.
MESOP SYRIA INSIGHT : HARD TO BELIEVE – OFFENSIVE IN SYRIA
Joshua Landis @joshua_landis 3 Min. – 12.3.2014 – @NadimKoteich Nadim, It is hard to believe new #Syria offensive planned when Saudi prioritizes counter-terrorism & outlaws Syr rebel groups.
Al-Monitor @AlMonitor 6 Min. – 12-3-2014 – CIA Director John Brennan: #Assad probably feels more confident due to #Syria army’s performance – @barbaraslavin1 http://almon.co/20s7 / Watch more: www.mesop.de
TODAY’S MESOP QUOTATION : WHO TOLD IT FAKE ?
12-3-2014 – A spokesman for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency has denied reports that a widely distributed photo of the Yarmouk refugee camp is a fake. The photo, published in newspapers around the world, shows overcrowded lines of Palestinians awaiting food aid in the Syrian camp.
MESOP INSIGHT : CIA Director Brennan says Syria army remains resilient / Barbara Slavin
12-3-2014 – Al Monitor – WASHINGTON — CIA Director John Brennan said on March 11 that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad “probably feels more confident” that his regime will survive as a result of his army’s recent performance and the impact of fighting between Islamist rebels. In a rare public appearance, John Brennan said the US relationship with Saudi Arabia remains “on strong and solid ground” despite differences over Iran, Syria and Iraq, and denied that the CIA hacked into the computers of Senate investigators.
MESOP FOCUS : THE FATE OF YOUNG SYRIAN ACTIVISTS & REVOLUTIONARYS
Maryam Hayed: How to Torture the Souls of Syrians
11 March 2014 – Syria Untold – The public humiliation of peaceful activists through forced confessions on public television is one more way the Syrian regime punishes dissidents. Since the early days of the revolution, confessions great and small, believable and bizarre were broadcast on Syrian state-controlled television networks to both confuse the opposition and shore up the support of the regime. In the latest round of confessions the Kafkaesque reality of Syria is on full display when one of the detainees confesses to raising a banner that read: “All are equal under the law.”
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