Syrian Kurds join ISIS
03.02.2014 – Taha Hussain – BasNews, Syria – A number of Syrian Kurds in the Kurdish region of Syria have joined the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS).
WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA) : KDP-S members arrested in Afrin by Asyish (PYD)
Welati reports that a few KDP-S members were arrested by Asayish in Afrin, while KDP-S member Memdûh Tixûbî in Amude was released. – Posted by Wladimir van Wilgenburg
Kurdish politician criticizes Syrian Coalition
Welati reports that KNC-politician Ismail Heme is suggesting that the Syrian Coalition is acting against it’s commitments with the Kurdish National Council (KNC) to include Kurdish demands in Geneva II.
Azaz, Jarablus & Yayladağı controlled by ISIS? / Ankara alarmed over Qaeda threat in Syria
The borders at Azaz, Jarablus and Yayladağı are controlled by the ISIL, and the group has confiscated aid coming from Turkey, according to the report.http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ankara-alarmed-over-qaeda-threat-in-syria.aspx?pageID=238&nID=61849&NewsCatID=338
Späte Einsicht von John Kerry / von Thomas von der Osten-Sacken
Man hätte es im vor einem halben, einem oder gar zwei Jahren, als er noch nicht Aussenminister war, sagen können: so wird das nichts mit Syrien. So wird alles nur immer schlimmer, mit immer mehr Toten, Verletzten, Flüchtlingen und immer mehr Menschen, die sich den Islamisten zuwenden.
Nun scheint John Kerry es, nach dem voraussehbarem Scheitern von Genf, endlich auch eingesehen zu haben. Leider etwas zu spät, diejenigen, die sehnlichst auf Unterstützung, ja im August sogar auf westliche Militärschlaege gesetzt und gehofft hatten, sind viel weniger geworden, denn sie sind es,die sterben oder fliehen müssen und die, anders als die Islamisten oder das Regime, kaum auf Ersatz hoffen können.
In Chaos of Syria Conflict, Kurds’ Autonomy Rests on Shaky Ground
By Michael M. Gunter, 03 Feb 2014 – The autonomous districts recently declared by many of Syria’s Kurds—who with some 2.2 million persons make up about 10 percent of Syria’s population—have potentially important implications for the deadlocked Syrian civil war that has been raging for almost three years. This struggle has increasingly drawn in the United States and Russia, as well as various regional parties, such as Iran, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Lebanon’s Hezbollah, among others. In addition, Syria itself has degenerated into a Hobbesian war of all against all as the various opposition factions—increasingly dominated by Sunni jihadists from abroad—have begun fighting among themselves as well as against the Assad regime. Through all this the Syrian Kurds have claimed to be following a third, more neutral path that does not identify fully with either the regime or the opposition.
TODAY’S MESOP QUOTATION BY JOSHUA LANDIS
“The first thing [Kerry] said [to the lawmakers] is, ‘The al Qaeda threat is real. It is getting out of hand.’” http://thebea.st/1bjOgMn 3.2.2014
TODAY’S MESOP COMMENTARY – Senators: Kerry Admits Obama’s Syria Policy Is Failing
3.2.2014 – The Daily Beast – In a closed-door meeting, two senators say, the Secretary of State admitted to them that he no longer believes the administration’s approach to the crisis in Syria is working. Peace talks have failed, he conceded, and now it’s time to arm the moderate opposition—before local al Qaeda fighters try to attack the United States. Secretary of State John Kerry has lost faith in his own administration’s Syria policy, he told fifteen U.S. Congressmen in a private, off-the-record meeting, according to two of the senators who were in the room.
KDP-S members arrested in Afrin by Asyish (PYD)
Welati reports that a few KDP-S members were arrested by Asayish in Afrin, while KDP-S member Memdûh Tixûbî in Amude was released. – Posted by Wladimir van Wilgenburg
DIE KRIEGE WERDEN NUN AUCH ENDLICH WEIBLICHER
Islamisten rekrutieren Frauen aus Deutschland für Syrien-Krieg
3.2.2014 – dpa – Immer mehr junge Frauen und Minderjährige aus Deutschland reisen nach Syrien, um im Bürgerkrieg zu kämpfen. Die deutschen Behörden verfolgten dies mit Sorge, sagte der Präsident des Bundesverfassungsschutzes, Hans-Georg Maaßen, dem “Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger” (Montag).
TODAY’S MESOP QUOTATION : AFTER GENEVA
Assad was terrorizing Syrians before FSA, before the Revolution, before half of you knew what Syria was.
Faress – Syrian Blogger – 2.2.2014
Starvation: A Twisted Example of the Assad Regime’s Terrorism
by Matthew Barber – 1. Feb 2014 – Joshua Landis blog (CLICK BOTTOM LINK FOR PICTURES)
A fabulous documentary about the situation of children in Syria is being shown on Canadian and British television. The documentary, “Children on the Frontline,” will be available for viewing for a limited time online, but unfortunately only for viewers in Canada or the UK. The documentary contains enlightening footage of life inside war-torn neighborhoods of Aleppo, and interviews with a number of children who talk about their experiences living on the frontline of the Syrian war.
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