Rumours Murat Karayilan visited Rojava.
Karayilan visited Ramalan?
Rumours Murat Karayilan visited Rojava.
Posted by Wladimir van Wilgenburg
Syrian Kurds leaving ‘Rojava’
11-2-2014 – More and more Kurds flee Kurdish areas of Syria reports Welati from Kobani as a result of high prices because of ISIL embargo on Kurdish areas, cutting of water, electricity, making Kurdish families in Kobani leave their homes in the winter heading to Turkey or Kurdistan region. Moreover, there is a lack of jobs. – Posted by ladimir van Wilgenburg
BEHIND THE SHADOWS OF GENEVA / U.S. Jihadists militant in Syria
Take, for example, the “humanitarian pause” in Homs. The three-day ceasefire was meant to deliver lifesaving aid to 2,500 civilians trapped in the Old City, according to the Guardian. Compare that to a total of roughly four million civilians living under siege across the country, often without adequate food, water, or sanitation. In all, some 9.3 million people in Syria need some form of aid, according to the U.N. By Sunday, eyewitnesses said roughly 600 people had been evacuated from Homs.
MESOP TODAY’S RELEVANT VOICES ON SYRIA
“It is time for Mr. Obama to admit that his Syria policy is not working. No one is suggesting sending ground troops. But options range from doing more to arm the moderate opposition, to declaring a no-fly zone. Drones could strike al-Qaeda operatives in Syria; air power could create humanitarian zones near the Turkish and Jordanian borders. The U.S. could also take the lead in referring Mr. Assad and his aides for war crimes prosecution,” writes CFR Senior Fellow Max Boot in the Financial Times.
“The recent attacks on the convoys attempting to deliver humanitarian aid into the besieged city of Homs are a case in point: The lifting of the sieges can’t be left to the warring factions on the ground. An external, international force must be introduced to guarantee the safe passage of food and medicine to starving Syrian civilians,” write Danny Postel and Nader Hashemi in the New York Times.
“It should now be obvious that Geneva is not a process that will end in Assad’s departure: instead, it is designed to formalize the status quo with Assad in power and to normalize dealing with him. The redefinition of objectives in Syria is geared toward that end, affording the White House the ability to walk back the position it staked out in 2011, a position it now regrets,” writes Tony Badran for NOW.
Syria Kurdish delegation goes to Geneva
11-2-2014 – Kurdpress – A delegation of five Syrian Kurds from the Patriotic Union headed to Geneva, Swiss to attend in the next round of the conference that is due to fine a solution for the country’s civil war.
Cooperation against Kurds break down in Hasakah?
Ahrar al-Sham call ISIS traitors and abolish joint front in Hasakah The Ahrar al-Sham Islamic movement, a key component in the Islamic Front, released a statement calling the ISIS a group of deceit and treachery, and that its agreements and joint fronts in Hasakah province is no longer valid. Ahrar al-Sham also stated that the ISIS islamic scholars in Deir Ezzour, Raqqah and Hasakah, as well as some commanders, are meeting to issue a fatwa apostatising members and supporters of the Islamic Front.
ISIL retreating from Deir ar-Zour to Hasakah/Raqqah
ANHA reports ISIL withdrawing from oil fields in Deir ar-Zour to Raqqah and Hasakah after losing out to a coalition of rebel groups (Nusra, IF, FSA).
Charles Lister @Charles_Lister A conciliatory move or a pragmatic realignment of resources? ISIS has withdrawn its forces from Deir ez Zour last night & this AM. #Syria
Charles Lister @Charles_Lister
PT: Activists report ISIS convoys travelling north towards Al-Raqqa & Al-Hasakah. The “sands” are shifting. #Syria
HRW Delegation visits Syrian Kurdistan
11.02.2014 – BasNews, Erbil – Human Right Watch (HRW) delegates have visited Syrian Kurdistan, where they met with local Kurdish authorities, including officials from the recently established Cizire Canton.
Russia’s Syria policy gains traction
Author Vitaly Naumkin Posted February 9, 2014 – AL MONITOR
In advance of the second round of the Geneva II talks, Russian diplomacy was in high gear and not limited to official contacts with Damascus. Indeed, a delegation from the Syrian National Coalition, led by Ahmad Jarba, arrived in Moscow on Feb. 4. At least the parties “started to understand each other better,” but serious disagreements remain.
WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA) – Aldar Xelil (PYD) : A Federal System Is Now Inevitable For Syria
(ROJAVA REPORT – KÖYLÜOĞLU – QAMIŞLO) Aldar Xelil, a member of the Executive Council of the Western Kurdistan Democratic Social Movement (TEV-DEM), has spoken to ANF about the diplomatic and political realities surrounding Geneva 2, where a second round of talks began today. Xexil emphasized that hegemonic powers could no longer control the country, and stated that “a federal system is now inevitable for Syria.”
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