MORTARS & SHELLING HIT QUAMISHLI
Mutlu Çiviroglu @mutludc Follow –Pic- First photo of the mortar attacks against Qamishli a short while ago. #TwitterKurds #Syria #MiddleEast #Rojava
TODAY’S MESOP OPINION : Iraq, Syria tests Obama’s Mideast logic
Zaman ALWSL / AFP 12-1-2014 – An Al-Qaeda surge and Sunni-Shiite tumult spanning Iraq and Syria are testing eroded US influence and the logic of a foreign policy built on antipathy to Middle East entanglements. The return of jihadists to cities like Fallujah and Ramadi, fabled battlefields for US soldiers, has left President Barack Obama facing charges he pulled troops home too soon from Iraq and squandered American sacrifices.US intelligence agencies meanwhile worry that expanding havens for Al-Qaeda extremists in splintered Syria could nurture jihadists destined for terror missions in the United States and Europe.
Kurds should demonstrate they can control own regions: PYD official
POOR JOHN KERRY’s ILLUSIONS : US thinks it can coax opposition to Syria peace talks
Secretary of State John Kerry is preparing to head to Paris to meet on Sunday with ministers from the “Friends of Syria” group.
WASHINGTON – 12.1.2014 – Nowmedia – The United States is “reasonably confident” that it can persuade the Syrian opposition to join peace talks slated for later this month, US diplomats said Friday.
An Open Letter to the UN Secretary –General: On the Participation of the Kurdish Supreme Council in Geneva II Conference
Los Angles – January 8, 2014
To his Excellency Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon: I am writing this letter to you on behalf of the Kurdish Human Rights Advocacy Group (KHRAG) and various Kurdish Communities in Southern California to express our support for the participation of the Kurdish Supreme Council in the Geneva II conference, scheduled to take place on January, 22, 2014.
STIMMEN DER ANDEREN DEUTSCHEN FRIEDENSBEWEGUNG ZU SYRIEN / Petra Becker
In Syrien Taten statt Worte : Warum die Militäroption in Syrien nicht vom Tisch genommen werden darf
– Petra Becker (Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung) ist, wie sie selbst betont, ein Kind der Friedensbewegung. Trotzdem favorisiert sie ein begrenztes militärisches Eingreifen in Syrien. Denn die Zögerlichkeit der internationalen Gemeinschaft habe Syrien erst in den blutigen Bürgerkrieg geführt, der die gesamte Region noch über Jahre destabilisieren könnte.
Die erste verpasste Chance: 2011
Erinnern wir uns: Begonnen hat der Konflikt im März 2011 mit einer friedlichen Protestbewegung. Präsident Assad reagierte statt mit Zugeständnissen mit exzessiver Gewalt. Er ließ auf unbewaffnete Demonstranten schießen, ließ Ärzte, die verletzte Demonstranten behandelten, zu Tode foltern, und Soldaten hinrichten, die sich weigerten, auf Demonstrationen zu schießen.
Russia Daily: Top Member of Duma “Insurgent Fight With ISIS Lessens Chance Of Beating Assad”
By Joanna Paraszczuk January 11, 2014 11:26 Updated – The Chairman of the Russian Duma’s Foreign Affairs Committee said on Saturday that the fighting between insurgent factions and the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham weakens Syria’s opposition.Alexey Pushkov said, via his Twitter account, “In Syria, radical Islamists are now fighting against the Free Syrian Army. The results of the schism between the militants deprives them of any chance of beating Assad.”
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