Genf II-Politiker: „Kurden sind gegen eine Spaltung Syriens“
Erbil (BasNews) – 17-2-2014 – Der Generalsekretär der „Progressiven Demokratischen Partei“, Abdul-Hamid Derwisch, der gleichzeitig als Vertreter des „Westkurdischen Nationalrates“ an der Genfer Konferenz teilnahm, sagte: „Solange unsere politischen Hoffnungen existieren, werden wir als Nationalrat an den Gesprächen teilnehmen.“
Kurdish representative in Geneva II criticizes PYD & pushes for negotiations
Taha Hussein – BasNews, Erbil – 17.2.2014 – The General Secretary of the Development Democratic Party in Syria, Abdul-Hamid Darwish, criticized the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) during the Geneva II talks: “their actions were unilateral and this does not represent a nation at all.”
Free Syria Army commander ousted
Kurdpress – 17.2.2014 – General Salim Edris, Free Syria Army (FSA), commander was ousted from his post based on a decision made by the army’s cooperation council, Anadolu news agency said in a report.
It’s not just Assad regime vs. al-Qaeda in Syria / Michael Rubin
MICHAEL R. AGAIN : WITH AN STRATEGIC PROPOSAL
By Michael Rubin – Commentary Magazine – February 17, 2014 – A false assumption that too often permeates Washington policy deliberation is that debate can continue endlessly without regard to the situation on the ground. Take Syria: There are two poles to the Syria debate.
MESOP INSIGHT : A NEW U.S. STRATEGY TOWARDS SYRIA ?
WATCH THE SECRET “SYRIAN OPPOSITION’S TRANSITION PLAN”
Aaron David Miller’s analysis of Syria strategy through the lens of America’s aspirational engagement with Iran. Reuters saw a leaked copy of the Syrian opposition’s political transition plan, which lays out suggested steps toward a handover of power (while muzzling or at least avoiding mention of their demands for the immediate removal President Bashar al Assad).
Iraqi Kurdish government snubs Syrian Kurdish group
AMSTERDAM – Wladimir van Wilgenburg – AL MONITOR – 16-2-2014 – : On Feb. 3, Salih Gedo, the unofficial foreign minister of the new Kurdish administration in Syria, announced a diplomatic mission to open relations between the Kurdish administration in Syria with Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Iran and Turkey. But the KRG refused to meet the new minister and rejected the recently announced Kurdish administration in Syria.
Documenting the Syrian Protest Movement / SYRIA UNTOLD
Providing data of the weekly protests – The idea for the center started with the very beginning of the uprising. In the first few months, most Syrians found themselves faced with a confusing scene of contradictory rumors, and an avalanche of Youtube videos of protests they could not verify, from places they had not heard of before. The need was keenly felt for independent centers of statistics that could offer reliable reports and information to the public.
YPG captures village of Jez’a close to Iraqi border
16-2-22014 – Hasakah province : YPG have taken over the village of Jez’a, after violent clashes took place at midnight till this morning between YPG against ISIS and rebels at 3 axis met in the village of Jez’a, the axis are the villages of Tal-Alo, Tal-Kojar, and the village of Hadad in Qamishli countryside . confirmed reports of losses in both sides .
Rêdûr xelîl @YPGRJAVA during the operation YPG captured : 2 DShK machine gun,3 dead bodies, 6 Kalashnikov,1 BKC ,an RPG launcher,5 vehicles&a lot of ammunition. – about 6 hours ago
Evakuierung von Homs ist keine humanitäre Geste (DIE ZEIT)
Frauen und Kinder sollen das umkämpfte Homs verlassen dürfen. Details bleiben ungeklärt. Und das Assad-Regime dürfte kaum plötzlich Mitleid mit Zivilisten haben. Ein Kommentar von Carsten Luther
WIE DAS EINE MIT DEM ANDEREN ZUSAMMENHÄNGT / Thomas von der Osten-Sacken
Heute fragt im Guardian Jan Egelenad, wie es passieren könne, dass in Syrien “we are now witness to a return to the worst moments of the 1990s” ohne dass etwas geschehe.(http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/feb/14/syria-public-outrage-horrors),
während zugleich berichtet wird, ab 2015 werde es gänzlich keine Auslandseinsätze der britischen Armee mehr geben (http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/comment/britains-role-in-the-world-is-in-question-as-its-army-retreats#full).
Sind sie jetzt etwa nicht zufrieden mit ihrem Sieg, die Linken in England und anderswo, daß es endlich keine Militärseinsätze mehr gibt, der Imperialismus endlich ganz offiziell abgetreten ist?
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