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India-Israel Defense Cooperation / The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies. Israel. 29 Jan 2014.
By Alvite Singh Ningthoujam January 27, 2014- BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 236 – Defense relations between India and Israel have come a long way, against all odds. Israel has emerged as India’s second-largest arms supplier, behind only Russia, with bilateral arms trade over the last decade estimated at $10 billion. 2013 witnessed major developments in India-Israel defense cooperation, most of which involved enhancing arms trade and furthering joint projects. There were certain constraints as well, none of which curbed ties. Read all: http://www.mesop.de/?p=42581
Gantz: None of the options in Syria are good for Israel
Army chief says Syria has lost stability even if Assad remains in power, urges Israel to become cybersecurity superpower. – By Gili Cohen | Jan. 29, 2014 | 2:58 PM – Read all: http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.571233
Exclusive: Syria ships out less than 5 percent of chemical arms
By Anthony Deutsch / REUTERS 30.1.2014 – Read Full Text
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/29/us-syria-crisis-chemical-idUSBREA0S19720140129
Exports of Dual-Use Chemicals to Syria: An Assessment of European Union Export Controls
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. 28 Jan 2014.
ISRAEL’S GROWING ROLE IN SOUTHERN SYRIA
ANALYSIS OF NEAR EAST POLICY FROM THE SCHOLARS OF THE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE
PolicyWatch 2201 – January 29, 2014 – By Ehud Yaari – Concerned about the possible drift of al-Qaeda affiliates to areas adjacent to the Golan Heights border, Israel finds itself obliged to increase its assistance to local rebel militias in southern Syria.
Die Katastrophe ist politisch / MEDICO INTERNATIONAL HILFE FÜR YARMOUK / HELP YARMOUK !
Das palästinensische Lager Yarmouk in Syrien wird systematisch ausgehungert
Das palästinensische Lager Yarmouk in Damaskus braucht Hilfe. Jetzt und sofort. Aber die Verantwortlichen für den Hunger müssen benannt werden. Denn der Mangel an Nahrungsmitteln entsteht nicht durch das kriegerische Chaos, sondern wird durch die bewusste Belagerung erzeugt.
WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA) : PYD DECLARATION CALL FOR WAR !
Abdul Hakim Bashar: PYD declaration is call for war Abdulhakim Bashar: PYD declaration call for war Welati. – Al Jazeera Turk http://www.aljazeera.com.tr/al-jazeera-ozel/besar-ozerklik-talebi-savasa-cagrid
Welati: Lifting of Siege on Afrin
Lifting of the armed groups blockade on the Kurdish city of Afrin and flow of good and fuel as a result of the fighting between armed groups in neighbouring Azzaz reports Welati. Many residents of Afrin buy groceries in fear of a return of the siege. – Posted by Wladimir van Wilgenburg
KNC FREEZES MEMBERSHIP OF PYD PARTIES
KNC freezes membership pro-PYD KNC parties Membership of two KNC-parties that cooperate with PYD was frozen by the KNC (Salah Gaddo’s and Mohammed Moussa) Gemyakurdan.
Belagerter Ort Jarmuk in Syrien “Die Waffen schweigen, der Hunger tötet uns”
28. Januar 2014, DER STERN – Ein Kilo Linsen kostet 60 Euro, Mehl gibt es im syrischen Jarmuk seit August nicht mehr. Menschen sterben nicht im Kampf sondern verhungern. Die Friedenskonferenz ist kein Anlass zur Hoffnung. Seit sieben Monaten ist Jarmuk – ein Vorort der syrischen Hauptstadt Damaskus – von Truppen des Assad-Regimes eingeschlossen. Lebensbedrohlicher als die Kämpfe mit der Miliz ist der Hunger. stern-Reporter Steffen Gassel führte via Skype ein Gespräch mit dem Aktivisten Farouk al-Rifai*.
Salih Muslim: We have always said that Assad has to leave
January 29, 2014 – Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal — Salih Muslim shares the presidency of the Democratic Union Party (Partiya Yekitîya Demokrat, PYD) with Asya Abdullah. The PYD is a sister party of the Kurdistan Workers Party PKK and shares the same ideological background as its leader Abdullah Öcalan. The party is the ruling force in the Kurdish areas of Syria and took over three enclaves with Kurdish majorities in 2012.
Salih Muslim interview with Hurriyet ( Click bottom link for Kurdish language)
29-1-2014 – Müslim Muhammed, Türkiye’de PKK’nın Suriye kolu olarak tanınan PYD’nin lideri. Türkçe açılımı ‘Demokratik Birlik Partisi’ olan PYD’nin başını çektiği Suriye’deki bazı Kürt gruplar geçen hafta Rojava’daki Cezire kantonunda ‘demokratik özerk yönetim’ ilan etti.
Stories of Refuge: Oral Histories of Syrian Asylum Seekers in Germany (CLICK FOR VIDEOS)
Jan 20 2014 by Tania El Khoury
In Munich recently, I found myself sitting in an Iraqi-owned café with three Syrian men. The first was a young businessman who spends much of his time, money, and energy helping Syrian refugees in Munich and sending aid to Syria. Second, there was a young poet who called himself “the poet of the revolution” and had several YouTube videos of him reciting his poems. The third person was a young man who just arrived in town, and was living in a “refugee camp” known as the “Yellow Camp.”
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