RUSSIA & UNITED STATES – THE NEXT STEPS

AFTER GENEVA II / AL MONITOR

In this atmosphere, the recent decision by the Saudi authorities to supply Chinese-made portable anti-aircraft missiles to Syrian rebels is seen in Moscow as a game changer that will escalate the war. There is fear that the Syrian army, to avoid losses, might resort to using the Russian-made Grad rocket systems it has been holding back until now. In the beginning of the 2000s, Syria had about 300 of them. No one knows who is going to end up with these anti-aircraft missiles, but it will quite possibly be al-Qaeda type jihadis. This possibility is exactly why the United States is not willing to provide the opposition with such weapons.

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TODAY’S MESOP WEST KURDISTAN INSIGHT SHORT CUTS

Kurdish civilians kidnapped in Ihris village, Aleppo

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights – 18-2-2014 -Aleppo province: Kurdish sources have reported that unknown gunmen attacked the village of Ihris, which is mostly inhabited by Syrian Kurds, and have kidnapped 15 civilians and took them to an unknown location. – Read more: http://www.mesop.de/?p=43382

 

WATCH VIDEO: NEW WEAPONS TRAINING FOR SYRIAN DEMOCRATIC REBELS

Charles Lister ‏@Charles_Lister 45 Min.  – Interesting, Southern Front rebels are receiving training in the use of RPG-29s in #Deraa: http://youtu.be/uQlfvEs325c  http://youtu.be/IoV_mXdqXL0

Kurdish civilians kidnapped in Ihris village, Aleppo

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights – 18-2-2014 -Aleppo province: Kurdish sources have reported that unknown gunmen attacked the village of Ihris, which is mostly inhabited by Syrian Kurds, and have kidnapped 15 civilians and took them to an unknown location.

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APO FAVORS MODERATE “MUSLIM CONFERENCE”

Religious representatives in Rojava discuss Democratic Islam Conference

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Asaad Mustafa Resigns from Interim Government

Mon 17 Feb 2014 – By All4Syria (Opposition website)  – Mustafa had rejected the Geneva talks. A source close to the Defense Minister in opposition Syrian interim government, Asaad Mustafa, confirmed he has resigned.

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THE LOCATION OF THE JABHAT AKRAD KILLING

 I updated the post that they claim regime killed the Jabhat Akrad commander in Ashrafiya, but a Twitter account of ISIS says they killed him near Afrin

ISIS – https://twitter.com/reyadiraq/status/435373531996487680

Pro-PYD: killed 13 February close-in to Ashrafiya – https://twitter.com/barzaniso/status/435399336910782465

Posted by Wladimir van Wilgenburg

TODAY’S MESOP QUOTATION (I) : Plain & Simple

Why Geneva fail ? – Because Assad has no interest in a non-military solution.

PYD responds to Hamid Darwish accusations

17-2-2014 – Hamid Darwish accuses PYD of having ties to the Syrian regime, while the PYD responded that he wants to legitimize new attacks on Syrian Kurds:

ركز الأخبارأصدرت الهيئة التنفيذية لحزب الاتحاد الديمقراطي PYDبياناً إلى الرأي العام رفضت فيه تصريحات حميد درويش عضو المجلس الوطني الكردي والائتلاف السوري والتي اتهم فيها الاتحاد الديمقراطي بأنه يتلقى الدعم من النظام. معتبراً تصريحاته بمثابة تبرير لفشله كرئيس للوفد الكردي الملحق بالائتلاف في الجولة الثانية من جنيف2. مؤكدةًكأنه يريد من تصريحاته أن يعد  ويشرعن لهجوم آخر على المكتسبات التي حققتها المكونات في روج آفا“.

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YPG arrests 30 Islamist combatants

YPG announces it has arrested between 30-36 members of Islamist groups (Ahrar al-Sham, Nusra, and possibly ISIS) during YPG operations in the village of Cezaa close to the Iraqi border in revenge for Tel Hamis and Tel Brak. This is not confirmed by Islamist groups yet that earlier themselves claimed to have beheaded PKK and FSA fighters in Azaz.

YPG: Operasyonlarda 30 çete üyesi yakalandı
TIRBESPIYÊ 17.02.2014 11:27:52
YPG, 15 Şubat’ta El Kaide’ye bağıl ırak Şam İslam Devleti silahlı gruplarına yönelik Til Hemis’te başlatılan operasyonlarda 30 çete üyesinin yakalandığını bildirdi.

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Jabhat Akrad Military Council Head Killed? Most likely in fighting in Azaz (or Manbij or Jarabulus)

Zaid Benjamin @zaidbenjamin #Breaking: The Head of our military council Alaa Jabou steef has been killed – Jabhat al-Akrad #Syria http://youtu.be/TjlJRjpwW10 –  Posted

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