AN ASSERTIVE PLAN OF ACTION FOR SYRIA
ANALYSIS FROM THE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICY
Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs & International Development, House of Commons, Canada
Featuring Andrew J. Tabler – February 12, 2014 – Washington Institute senior fellow Andrew Tabler addressed a Canadian parliamentary hearing on the latest developments in the Syrian war. The following are his concluding policy recommendations.
PKK fighters go from Germany to Afrin / PYD (PKK) Kämpfer aus Deutschland nach Syrien
Shakur spricht ein Deutsch, wie man es in deutschen Fabrikhallen hört. Nach 15 Jahren in Saarbrücken ist er nach Syrien zurückgekehrt: «Ich kann nicht in Deutschland sitzen, während meine Heimat im Krieg versinkt. – Die PKK ist nicht nur das Assad-Regime losgeworden. Auch viele Kurden, die mit Öcalans Ideologie der hierarchielosen kommunalen Selbstverwaltung und der Überwindung des Staates nicht einverstanden sind, mussten gehen.
Basler Zeitung – 12. Feb. 2014
Öcalans Scharfschützinnen / Von Amir Ali (Afrin)
Von Amir Ali, Afrin. Aktualisiert am 12.02.2014 – Basler Zeitung
Der Bürgerkrieg in Syrien hat die jungen Kurdinnen und Kurden radikalisiert. Tausende kämpfen im Norden des Landes gegen die al-Qaida und für ein freies Kurdistan. Ein Optimist hat bereits eine Starbucks-Filiale eröffnet.
Deutschland-Kurs für syrische Flüchtlinge: “Schwulsein verboten, Nazis erlaubt?” / KULTURELLE UMERZIEHUNG
Aus Beirut berichtet Ulrike Putz – Lehrerin Zeinab Artel: Was ist in Deutschland erlaubt, was tabu? – SPIEGEL ONLINE – 15.2.2014
Syrische Flüchtlinge, die nach Deutschland umsiedeln, müssen vorher einen “Kurs für kulturelle Orientierung” absolvieren. Es geht um Mülltrennung, Nazis, Schwulenrechte. Und die Frage, wo man in der Bundesrepublik sein Schaf schlachten darf.
“Inter-Rebel Fighting Enters a New Phase as Salafists Declare Open War on ISIS,” by Daniel Abdallah
For Syria Comment, February 14, 2014Three days ago, the inter-rebel fighting entered a new phase. For the first time, Salafist factions have openly publicised their attack on the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham and the feircest battles have moved from the Northwest to the East of Syria. Ahrar ash-Sham (AS) and Jabhat an-Nusra (JN) – al-Qaeda’s official branch in Syria – are officially at war with ISIS.
Do ‘Syria,’ ‘Iraq’ and ‘Lebanon’ Still Exist? / THE TOWER MAGAZINE – By Jonathan Spyer
Jonathan Spyer – Senior Fellow at the Inter-Disciplinary Center at Herzliya. 14.2.2014 – Until recently the Middle East looked like the rest of the world: divided into countries with clear national borders, and power divided accordingly. But then something changed. – For almost a century, the Middle East has been defined by the nation-states that emerged following the Allied victory in World War I and the end of the colonial era. Since then, strategic analyses of the region have concentrated on the relations between these states, and diplomatic efforts have generally attempted to maintain their stability and the integrity of their borders. As a result, the current map of the Middle East has remained largely unchanged over more than nine decades.
KRG officials will not meet Salih Gado
14-2-2014 – Kurdpress – KRG officials will not meet Salih Gado: official The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) officials will not hold any meetings with Salih Gado, the Foreign Minister of Syria Kurdish Cezire Canton, and KRG official quoted by Rudaw as saying.
JOINT VENTURE ?
On Nov. 2, Rihab News reported that the Arab Brigade of the Free Patriots joined the YPG in Ras al-Ain, northwest of Hassakeh. The brigade’s commander Hawas Jammo and another of its fighters, Osama Jasim al-Karot, are known to be regime collaborators who attacked anti-regime demonstrators in 2012, according to the Rihab News report and local Kurdish activists and journalists who spoke with Al-Monitor. Andrea Glioti, AL MONITOR
Syrian Kurds Recruit Regime Loyalists to Fight Jihadists
By Andrea Glioti – AL Monitor – 2014-02-14 – Kurdish fighters of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units are seen in training at a military camp of the Regime in Malikiya, Hassakeh province, Dec. 9, 201
According to local Arab and Kurdish sources, the Democratic Union Party (PYD) has been enlisting Arab loyalists in its armed wing, the People’s Protection Units (YPG), in a bid to boost its credibility among Arabs and join efforts with the Syrian regime on the battleground against the opposition. This military strategy was reportedly accompanied by some intense consultations held in Qamishli between the regime and its Arab allies immediately before the formation of the PYD-led autonomous government on Jan. 21.
Syria Regime’s Tactic Against Opponents: ‘Surrender Or Starve’
Inquiry & Analysis Series Report No.1069 : By: N. Mozes and E. Ezrahi* – 13.2.22014 – MEMRI – Introduction : For the past three years, the regime of Bashar Al-Assad in Syria has been waging extremely bloody warfare against its opponents, making no distinction between fighters and civilians, but remains unable to defeat them. Along with its use of chemical weapons, Scud missiles, heavy artillery, and “barrel bombs,” the regime has been hermetically sealing off opposition enclaves, especially in strategic areas such as Damascus and Homs. Since September 2013, there have been increasing reports of a severe humanitarian crisis in these areas due to food shortages; according to the reports, there have already been several dozen deaths by starvation, and thousands more are at risk.
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