The Sounds of the Syrian Opposition: Music & Contested Identities Joel Daniel Parker – Musings of a counter culture
Editors: Dr. Harel Chorev, Hadas Sofer Shabtai, Ben Silsbee – Volume 2, No. 1, January 2014
Since the outbreak of the uprising in Syria in March 2011, there has been a dramatic shift in the culture of political opposition to the regime of Bashar al-Assad.
Many voices no longer have to hide their message in carefully constructed codes or indirect expressions of political discontent. Within this new paradigm, Syrian artists both within Syria and abroad, have used music to proclaim their opposition to the regime. In the past three years, thousands of videos have been uploaded to YouTube, many of which combine poetry, music, and images often including footage taken by witnesses in Syria reflecting the bloody events of the conflict.
Syria Daily: Geneva II — “No Result Expected from Talks”
By Scott Lucas January 30, 2014 07:49 Updated – United Nations envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said, after Wednesday’s indirect talks, that he expects no significant outcome from the Geneva II conference on Syria. Brahimi said “the gap between” the Assad and opposition delegations “is quite large”.
WORD IN CHANGE OF TIME OF CHAIRMAN SALIH MUSLIM
To your historical remembrance:
While the rivals of the PYD are undecided to join the Western-backed opposition, the PYD supports the National Coordination Body for Democratic Change in Syria (NCB), which supports a dialogue between Assad and the opposition and is against militarization of the conflict.
Read more: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/06/syrian-kurds-participate-geneva-ii-conference.html#ixzz2rsE8MTqP
June 2013
Salih Muslim: We have always said that Assad has to leave
January 29, 2014
PYD member Alan Semo told Al-Monitor that Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov promised the PYD leader, “without you [the Kurds], there will not be any meeting in Geneva,” pledging the SKC would represent the Kurds of Syria in the conference.
Read more: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/06/syrian-kurds-participate-geneva-ii-conference.html#ixzz2rsEewZWO
Geneva II does not benefit Kurds: Salih Muslim
Kurdpress 29.1.2014
ASSAD’S WAR CRIMES : Syria: HRW Report Says 1000s of Civilian Homes Demolished By Regime Military
By Joanna Paraszczuk January 30, 2014 – eaworldview – Syria: HRW Report Says 1000s of Civilian Homes Demolished By Regime Military
Human Rights Watch: Demolitions “designed to punish civilian population”. – Human Rights Watch on Thursday accused Syria’s regime of deliberately demolishing thousands of civilians homes in Hama and Damascus in 2012 and 2013, in operations that violated the laws of war.
Non-KNC parties: Kurdish autonomy not imposed by force
30.1.2014 – Pro-PYD politicians (from non-PYD parties) to ANHA (pro-PYD): KNC parties are unable to claim that the self-management administration is imposed on them by force.
PYD declares autonomy, seeks recognition from int’l community / Critical Kurdish Statements
Zaman – 30.1.2014 – (…)According to leading Kurdish politician Sedat Yurtdaş, the PYD aims to show the international community who is effective on the ground in Syria. He also adds that in the upcoming days, the PYD will move towards a process of preparing a constitutional arrangement in order to demonstrate that it controls the northern areas of Syria juristically and logistically. Yurtdaş notes that the PYD’s sole aim is to sit at the negotiation table with the upper hand. – İbrahim Güçlü, a Kurdish writer and politician who established the Rights and Freedoms Party (HAK-PAR), believes that the developments in northern Syria are a game of the Baath regime.
Salih Muslim on Geneva 2 / BIANET Interview
BIANET – 30.1.2014 – PYD Co-Chair Salih Muslim told bianet that the stakeholders in Geneva 2 talks didn’t represent the Syrian people. “They can’t enforce a ceasefire given that they didn’t have any influence on the opposing groups in Syria,” he said.
MESOP DOCUMENT : The Paragraphs of Self-Management in Rojava (West Kurdistan – Syria)
Charter of the social contract / Official Document
Preface : We the peoples of the areas of self-administration of Democratic Kurds, Arabs and Assyrians (Assyrian Chaldeans, Arameans), Turkmen, Armenians, and Chechens, by our free will have announced this to materialize justice, freedom and democracy in accordance with the principle of ecological balance and equality without discrimination on the basis of race, religion, creed ,doctrine or gender, to achieve the political and moral fabric of a democratic society in order to function with mutual understanding and coexistence within diversity and respect for the principle of self-determination of peoples, and to ensure the rights of women and children, the protection defense and the respect of the freedom of religion and belief.
YARMOUK : NO ACTION OF SELF-STYLE DEFENDERS OF PALESTINE AROUND THE WORLD
Crime in Yarmouk : January 30, 2014 12:22 AM – The Daily Star – Lebanon
The appalling blockade on the Yarmouk refugee camp south of Damascus continues to generate words of outrage, cries of despair and statements of condemnation, but no action. – The horrific stories of malnutrition and death coming out of the camp are being relayed on a daily basis as politicians and diplomats gather in Switzerland for Syria’s peace talks. But the international community and all of the self-styled defenders of Palestine around the world have been unable to lift a finger to alleviate the siege, now more than six months old
Read more: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Opinion/Editorial/2014/Jan-30/245737-crime-in-yarmouk.ashx#ixzz2rroAn2wf
POLICY FORUM REPORT : CONFLICT IN SYRIA – GENEVA II & THE ROAD AHEAD
ANALYSIS OF NEAR EAST POLICY FROM THE SCHOLARS & ASSOCIATES OF THE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE
PolicyWatch 2202 – January 29, 2014 – Featuring Andrew J. Tabler, Jeffrey White, and Aaron Y. Zelin – ANDREW TABLER : Last week’s talks in Montreux were a tactical diplomatic victory for the Syrian opposition. While the regime’s foreign minister Walid Mouallem had a tense exchange with UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon, forcing the regime delegation to take a more conciliatory tone ahead of subsequent talks in Geneva, the opposition’s tone was much more measured. Early signs show that the talks have also restored some credibility to the United States and the UN.
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